Lawrence, Massachusetts
Christ Presbyterian Church

WILLIAM A. JOHNSON, Opus 389, 1873
Estey Organ Co., Opus 3057, 1934 - Electrification
Ray Douglas, ca.  1968 - New Console & Tonal Changes


GREAT                                        COUPLERS
16    Rohr Gedeckt     (Ped/Gt)  –-          Swell to Pedal                  8,4
8     Open Diapason              61          Great to Pedal                  8,4
8     Holz Flöte                 61
8     Dulciana                   61          Swell to Great               16,8,4
4     Octave                     61
4     Rohr Flöte                 61
2 2/3 Octave Quint               61          FINGER PISTONS
2     Super Octave               61          General                     A,B,C,D
                                             Swell                         1 - 4
Great to Great 16'                           Great                         1 - 4                 
Great Unison Off                             Setter
Great to Great 4'

2 blank stoptablets                          TOE STUDS                          
                                             Gt. to Ped.                   (rev)
                                             Sforzando                     (rev)
SWELL (Expressive)
8     Diapason                   61
8     Bourdon                    61          PEDAL MOVEMENTS
8     Salicional                 61          Swell Expression             (bal.)
8     Voix Celeste         (tc)  49          Crescendo                    (bal)
4     Flute Harmonique [Fugara]  61
8     Hautbois                   61
      Tremolo

Swell to Swell 16'
Swell Unison Off
Swell to Swell 4'

3 blank stoptablets
                                             ACTION: Electro-Pneumatic

PEDAL                                        VOICES: 16
16  Sub Bass                     32
16  Gedeckt Bass                 32          STOPS: 17
8   Principal                    20
8   Gedeckt            (Ped/Gt)  –-          RANKS: 16
4   Choral Bass                  12
4   Rohr Flöte             (Gt)  –-          PIPES: 877      







NOTES
The Johnson was originally built for the Congregational Church in Chester,
CT. It was installed here used in 1909 by the Hall Organ Co.

The Estey work involved electrifying the organ on new windchests, removing
the old keydesk and providing a new console, and a few tonal changes. The
Great 8' Open Diapason was replaced with  new rank – the original becoming
a Pedal unit. The Johnson Swell 8' Keraulophon became the 8' Voix Celeste.
The new 8' Salicional replaced the 4' Harmonic Flute and had Haskelled
basses. And although the console said the Swell 4' stop was a 4' Harmonic
Flute, the actual pipes were the Johnson 4' Fugara pipes.

Mr. Douglas' work entailed a new Klann console, and augmentation of the
stoplist – mostly the Pedal – utilizing existing pipework. Sadly, it also
entailed the destruction and disposal of the handsome, original 1973 Wm. A.
Johnson casework.

The Great 16' Rohr Gedeckt borrowed its first 32 notes from the Estey-added
Pedal 16' Gedeckt [Bass], and the remainder from the 4' Rohr Flöte (original
Flute d'Amour). The Pedal 8' Gedeckt also borrowed from the Pedal and Great,
and the 4' Rohr Flote was a direct borrow from the Great.

Sources: Robert J. Reich files; JRS; extant organ shortly before removal


Christ Presbyterian Church
96 E. Haverhill St.
Lawrence, MA. 01840                          Documented: 1989