Identified through information in the Pilcher factory ledgers, a handwritten list of organs and notes on the firm's history, and an emended page from a catalog of c. 1870. For more information see the document referenced below.

56n man, 17n ped. In the first lists, this organ was originally assigned number 21.

Received via e-mail from Kirby Eber: The organ still exists--or at least parts of it--in the Gardner Museum of Architecture and Design here in Quincy. Vermont Street Baptist was quite a grand church. It was founded in 1854 and built a very handsome Greek Revival building. In 1916 the Vermont Street Church merged with the First Baptist Church to form Central Baptist Church and a new building was constructed next to the Greek Revival building. The organ was removed and placed in storage in the first unit of the new building for later installation. (Unfortunately, the Greek Revival building was destroyed by fire.) Sadly, by the time the sanctuary was finally built in the 1940s there were no funds for the organ. A used Hammond was purchased out of a night club and installed. In the 1960s there was a movement to rebuild the Pilcher and install it in two chambers of a divided chancel. However, the local Baldwin dealer was a member of the congregation and a Baldwin model 10 won the war! The Pilcher remained in storage and was finally given to the museum about 10 years ago. By the way, there is now a different electronic instrument in the church.