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Hook & Hastings Opus 1818 (1899)

Plymouth Congregational Church / First Unitarian Society of Denver
1400 Lafayette St.
Denver, CO

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Unknown - Great Diapason pipework before 1985 fire and remodeling, between 1958 and 1985. (Photograph in church archives, courtesy of Greg Wimpey/Database Manager)

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Notes

2005-02-15 - Identified from company publications as edited and expanded in <i>The Hook Opus List 1829-1935</i>, ed. William T. Van Pelt (Organ Historical Society, 1991). -Database Manager

2008-09-19 - Updated through online information from Greg Wimpey. -- This building was formerly the Plymouth Congregational Church. The building, including the organ, was sold to the First Unitarian Society of Denver in the 1950s. -Database Manager

2008-09-24 - Updated through online information from Greg Wimpey. -- Converted from mechanical action in 1930s. In 1996, a Rodgers console (3 manuals + pedal) replaced a Kimball console, and the organ was augmented with electronic stops. -Database Manager

2010-05-19 - Updated through online information from Greg Wimpey. -- The Great Diapason pipes were disconnected from the action and an electronic stop substituted during the electronic augmentation. These are the facade pipes. -Database Manager

2010-05-31 - Updated through online information from Greg Wimpey. -- Original Hook and Hastings reeds replaced at the time of the conversion from mechanical action. Electrification (and presumably replacement of reed stops) performed by Fred Meunier. -Database Manager

2014-04-14 - Updated through online information from Greg Wimpey. -- As of April 2014, Great Diapason and trumpet reeds have been revived by Kris Harris and are sounding instead of electronic voices. -Database Manager


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