Better Pipe Organ Database

E. & G. G. Hook Opus 301 (1861)

Old West Church, Unitarian
131 Cambridge Street
Boston, MA

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

Images

ca 1900 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Digital Commonwealth, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

c. 1886 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph from an archival source: Alden, submitted by Leonardo Ciampa/Leonardo Ciampa)

1890-01-30 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph in the private collection of Jim Lewis/Database Manager)

1890-01-30 - Organ, closer view (Photograph in the private collection of Jim Lewis/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
35 stops
4 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 25 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight

Notes

2005-02-26 - 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

2010-01-30 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Handsome case, rounded at the ends. Choir behind, Great below. Swell above the Choir. 5-section facade with 25 pipes arranged: 3-5-9-5-3. -Database Manager

2011-11-29 - Updated through online information from Steven E. Lawson. -Database Manager

2015-01-01 - The organ was exhibited for the public on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 19, 1861. Demonstrating the organ's resources and power was Mr. J.H. Willcox, organist of Immaculate Conception R.C. Church, who opened with an extempore on "La Marseillaise." He followed with Meyerbeer's Coronation March from "Le Prophéte," then a fugue, after which were heard selections from "Lucrezia," and Auber's beautiful overture to "Zanetta." The "Star Spangled Banner," the "Wedding March," and the "Gloria" from Mozart's 12th Mass concluded the program. The only drawback was the absence of Mr. Sharland, the regular organist of the church, who was seriously ill at home. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>Dwight's Journal of Music</i> (Sept. 28, 1861, p.206) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Boston, Massachusetts
Old West Church, Unitarian

E. & G.G. Hook   Opus 301   1861              3 manuals, 35 stops, 40 ranks
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        GREAT ORGAN                            SWELL ORGAN
    16' Dbl. Open Diapason    56           16' Bourdon               56
     8' Open Diapason         56            8' Open Diapason         56
     8' Melodia               44 tc         8' Stop'd Diapason       56
     8' Stop'd Diapason Bass  12            8' Dulciana              56
     8' German Viol di Gamba  56            4' Principal             56
     4' Principal             56            4' Flute Harmonique      56
     4' Wald Flute            56               Cornet [III?]        168
 2 2/3' Twelfth               56           16' Teneroon Trumpet      56
     2' Fifteenth             56            8' Trumpet Bass          12
        Mixture [III?]       168            8' Trumpet Treble        44 tc
     8' Trumpet               56            8' Oboe                  56
                                            4' Clarion               56
        CHOIR ORGAN
     8' Eolina                56               PEDAL ORGAN
     8' Dulciana              56           16' Dbl. Open Diapason    25
     8' Viol d'Amour          56           16' Double Dulciana       25
     8' Stop'd Diapason       56       10 2/3' Stop'd Quint          25
     4' Celestina             56            8' Violoncello           25
     4' Flute à Cheminée      56
     2' Piccolo               56
        Mixture [II?]        112
    16' Contra Fagotto        56               COUPLERS
     8' Clarinet              56               Swell to Great
                                               Swell to Choir
        ACCESSORIES                            Choir to Great sub 8ves
        Swell Tremulant                        Great to Pedals
        Pedal Check                            Choir to Pedals
        Bellows Signal                         Swell to Pedals 


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2015-01-01]