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E. & G. G. Hook Opus 173 (1854)

State Street Congregational Church
Portland, ME

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
3 manuals
27 stops
33 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 20 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: None

Notes

2005-02-17 - 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

2007-12-16 - Removed in 1892 and stored. Installed in Methodist Church, Westbrook, Maine in 1907. -Database Manager

2009-12-07 - Updated through on-line information from John Kenderdine. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist (Source: Organ Clearing House website, 2007-10-26) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

      State Street Congregational Church
      Portland, Maine
      E. & G.G. Hook, Opus 173, 1854
      OHS ID: 14425
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      GREAT (56 notes)         SWELL* (56 notes)      CHOIR (56 notes)                       
    8 Open Diapason         16 Bourdon TC           8 Stopped Diapason Treble TF
    8 Open Diapason*         8 Open Diapason TC     8 Stopped Diapason Bass
    8 Melodia TF             8 Viol Di Gamba TC     8 Dulciana
    8 Stopped Diapason Bass  8 Stopped Diapason TC  8 Viol d'Amour
    4 Principal              4 Principal TC         4 Principal
2-2/3 Twelfth                  Cornet II TC         4 Wald Flute
    2 Fifteenth              8 Trumpet TC           8 Cremona TC
      Sesquialtera III       8 Hautbois TC         
    8 Trumpet Treble TC        Tremulant              PEDAL (20 notes)
    9 Trumpet Bass (12 notes)                      16 Double Open Diapason
                              *1-12 permanently    16 Bourdon
     *never installed          coupled to choir;
                               Swell chest is 44      Bellows Signal
                               notes.
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[Received online from T. Daniel Hancock, 2012-09-10]

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