OHS convention: 1963, 1981
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1992 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Not on Hook Opus list. From Universalist Church, Bangor, ME in 1864 for $500 + $125 for moving. Possible that Op. 318 (1862) was a larger replacement for this instrument. Recent (as of 1981) electric blower. Hand pumped. -Database Manager
2007-09-27 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- This was the moving and reinstallation of an existing 1847 E. & G. G. Hook from the Universalist Church in Bangor, Maine. No tonal or mechanical alterations were made. There are no independent Pedal registers. The organ is a G-compass instrument. Manuals are 58-notes: GGG, AAA-f3. The Pedal is 17-notes: GGG, AAA-tenor c. -Database Manager
2021-08-30 - "The Universalists in Stockton Springs bought the 1847 Hook in 1864 for $500 and paid $125 to have it moved and set up in their 1853 building. All the metal pipework is of common metal. The St. Diapason Treble 8' and the Flute 4' are chimney flutes with stopped wood basses. The "Clarabella" is actually a melodia with low cut ups. The bottom eleven notes of the Open Diapason are grooved from the St. Diapason Bass; the case pipes are dummies." -- from *1981 OHS Handbook* -Paul R. Marchesano
Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Community Church (Universalist), Stockton Springs, ME 1847 E. & G. G. Hook (Stoplist: OH 1963:9) Manual (58 notes, enclosed) 8' Open Diapason 8' Dulciana [TG] 8' St. Diapason Treble [TG] 8' Clarabella [TG] 8' St. Diapason Bass (23 pipes) 4' Principal 4' Flute 2 2/3' Twelfth 2' Fifteenth 8' Hautboy [TG] Pedal (17 notes, no pipes) Pedal Couple Bellows Signal 2 combination pedals Bass of Open Diapason 8' is borrowed from 11 lowest St. Diapason Bass pipes.
Annotated stoplist and notes from James Stettner Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Stockton Springs, Maine
Community Church (Universalist)
1847 E. & G.G. Hook
MANUAL (58 notes, enclosed, GGG,AAA-f3)
[8'] Open Diapason [GG] 47
[8'] Dulciana [tg] 35 Non-original label.
[8'] St. Diapason Treble [tg] 35
[8'] Clarabella [tg] 35 Non-original label.
[8'] St. Diapason Bass 23
[4'] Principal 58
[4'] Flute 58 Non-original label.
[2-2/3'] Twelfth 58 Non original label.
[2'] Fifteenth 58 Non-original label.
[8'] Hautboy [tg] 35 Non original label.
PEDAL (17 notes, GGG,AAA-tenor c)
No independent Pedal registers
COUPLERS (drawknob)
Pedal Couple
FOOT LEVERS
two single-action pedals; all stops above 8’ pitch On and Off.
MISC. CONTROLS
Bellows Signal
ACTION: Mech. key & stop
VOICES: 9
STOPS: 10
RANKS: 9
PIPES: 442
NOTES
The organ was built for the Universalist Church in Bangor, Maine in 1847, but does not appear on
the Hook opus list. It was purchased by the Stockton Springs Universalists in 1864 for $500.00, and
they paid an additional $125.00 to have the organ moved and set up in their church. Who performed
this service is not known.
The 3-sectional case has 17 gold-painted facade pipes - all of which are dummies. The bottom 11
notes of the Open Diapason are grooved to the St. Diapason Bass. When I saw the organ in 1988, the
4’ Flute was labeled as Wald Flute. But it is actually a chimney flute - as is the St. Diapason
Treble. Both have stopped wood basses. Also in 1988, the Hautboy was labeled as Oboe. All metal
pipework is of common metal.
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