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E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings Opus 1029 (1881)

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

Images

ca. 1881 - Organ facades (Photograph from an archival source: Hook Organs, published by OHS Press, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Unknown - View of facades in front nave/chancel (Photograph from an archival source: 1998 OHS Handbook, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
• Console position: Detached, Reversed Keydesk (Mechanical Action)
• 3 manuals
• 51 stops
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
• Pedal Type: Flat Straight
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
• Combination action: Fixed Mechanical

Notes

2004-10-30 - Cost $8150 plus $500 for a water motor and $1700 freight. Ruined in a 1903 fire. -Database Manager

2015-10-26 - Updated through online information from Ron Yeater. -- Organ destroyed by arson in 1903 -Database Manager

2022-03-22 - The *Rocky Mountain News* of 29 April, 1883 reported that a "new stop has this week been added to the Cathedral organ, the Voix Celeste." The organ was ruined in the 1903 fire, and replaced with one provided in 1911 by Denver organbuilder George Foot. -- *1998 OHS Handbook* -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Source: 1998 OHS Handbook

Great Open Diapason 16, Open Diapason 8, Viola da Gamba 8, Viola d'Amour 8, Doppel Flute 8, Octave 4, Flute Harmonique 4, Twelfth 2⅔, Fifteenth 2, Mixture V, Trumpet 8, Clarion 4

Swell (expressive) Bourdon Treble 16, Bourdon Bass 16, Open Diapason 8, Salicional 8, Æoline 8, Stopped Diapason 8, Quintadena 8, Flauto Traverso 4, Violina 4, Flautina 2, Dolce Cornet IV, Cornopean 8, Oboe 8, Vox Humana 8

Choir Lieblich Gedackt 16, Geigen Principal 8, Dulciana 8, Melodia 8, Flute d'Amour 4, Fugara 4, Piccolo 2, Clarinet 8

Pedal Grand Open Diapason 16, Bourdon 16, Violone 16, Quint 10⅔, Violincello 8, Trombone 16

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