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E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings Opus 779 (1874)

Unitarian Society / Deliverance Temple: Sanctuary; front
228 N. Fourth St.
Keokuk, IA

OHS convention: 1986

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

Images

ca. 2017 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Keokuk, Iowa Historians Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

1986 - Organ case at front of room (Photograph from an archival source: 1986 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: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
15 stops
17 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)

Notes

2005-02-16 - 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

2017-05-07 - Relocated to SS. Peter and Paul R.C. Church in Nauvoo, Illinois in 2009. Restored by Hoenig Pipe Organs. -Database Manager

2013-10-28 - Updated through online information from Richard C Greene. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From The Stopt Diapason, Winter 2009-2010 Date not recorded

Keokuk, Iowa
Unitarian Church, 

E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings, Opus 779, 1874


    GREAT (Manual I):
16' Bourdon Treble         (tc)  46  Wood
16' Bourdon Bass                 12  Woo
8'  Open Diapason                58  metal
8'  Dulciana                     58  metal
8'  Melodia                      58  wood
4'  Octave                       58  metal
3'  Twelfth                      58  metal
2'  Fifteenth                    58  metal
8'  Trumpet                      58  metal; reeds

    SWELL (Expressive - Manual II):
8'  Open Diapason                58  wood and metal
8'  Viola                        58  metal
8'  Stopped Diapason             58  wood and metal
4'  Violina                      58  metal
4'  Flute Harmonic               58  metal
8'  Oboe                   (tc)  46  metal; reeds
8'  Bassoon                      12  metal; reeds
    Tremulo [sic]

    PEDAL:
16' Open Diapason                27  wood

    COUPLERS (Drawknob)
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal

Swell to Great

    PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression             (bal.)


[Received from Connor Annable 2011-08-19.]

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