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E. & G. G. Hook Opus No.149 (1853)

Tremont Temple Baptist Church: Sanctuary
88 Tremont Street
Boston, MA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

ca. 1853 - Illustration of organ case and facade (Photograph from an archival source: Hook Organs, published by OHS Press, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

1874 - Facade (Boston Public Library /Christian Tedesco )

Consoles

Main

Notes

2004-10-30 - Descriptions in BOC from Dwight's. Destroyed by fire in 1879. -Database Manager

2021-08-09 - Present building (26698) rebuilt on this same location. -Rev. Dr. Van Herd

2024-03-12 - Sketch of casework from OHS' publication "Hook Organs" does not match the façade of the instrument from an 1874 photograph. -Christian Tedesco

Stoplist

Typed stoplist (Source: Hopkins, 1870) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

      Tremont Temple
      Boston, Massachusetts
      E. & G.G. Hook, Opus 149, 1853
      OHS ID: 10610
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      GREAT (58 notes)           SWELL (58 notes)    CHOIR (58 notes)    PEDAL (27 notes)
   16 Tenoroon Open Diapason  16 Sub Bass          8 Open Diapason    32 Double Diapason
    8 Grand Open Diapason     16 Double Diapason   8 Dulciana         16 Bourdon
    8 Open Diapason            8 Open Diapason     8 Stopped Diapason 16 Open Diapason, wood
    8 Melodia                  8 Viol di Gamba     4 Principal        16 Open Diapason, metal
    8 Stopped Diapason         8 Stopped Diapason  2 Fifteenth         8 Open Diapason
    4 Grand Principal          4 Principal           Mixture III       8 Violoncello
    4 Principal                4 Night Horn        8 Hohl Flute        6 Quint
2-2/3 Twelfth              2-2/3 Twelfth           8 Viol d'Amour      4 Principal
    2 Grand Fifteenth          2 Fifteenth         8 Clarionet         8 Trombone
    2 Fifteenth                  Sesquialtera III  8 Bassoon          16 Posaune
      Sesquialtera II          8 Trumpet Bass
      Mixture III              8 Trumpet Treble      SOLO (58 notes)     COUPLERS
      Furniture IV             8 Hautboy           8 Horn Diapason       Sw to Gt 8, 4
    8 Trumpet                  4 Clarion           8 Gamba               Ch to Gt 16
    4 Clarion                 16 Double Trumpet    8 Claribella          Sw to Ch 8
                                                   4 Wald Flute          Sw to So 8
      ACCESSORIES                                  2 Piccolo             So to Gt 8
      Pedal Bourdon, Separation                    8 Trumpet             Sw to Pd 8
      Pedal Open Diapason, Separation                                    Gt to Pd 8
      Solo Organ Signal                                                  Ch to Pd 8
      Bellows Signal
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[Received online from T. Daniel Hancock, 2012-08-16]

Websites

Tremont Temple - History of the church and its buildings. (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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