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Hook & Hastings Opus 2184 (1908)

Second Church in Dorchester
44 Moultrie Street
Dorchester
Boston, MA

Note: Not playable. (in this location)

Images


2023-03-04 - Room (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2023-03-04 - Room (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2023-03-04 - Room (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2023-03-04 - Balcony (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2023-03-04 - Hallway surrounding organ (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2023-03-04 - Hallway surrounding organ (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2023-03-04 - Console pedalboard (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2023-03-04 - Console (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2023-03-04 - Console in balcony (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2023-03-04 - Pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2023-03-04 - Under windchests viewing regulators (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2023-03-04 - Underneath choir windchest viewing pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2023-03-04 - Below the great windchests viewing tubing (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2023-03-04 - Pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2023-03-04 - Outside of swell chamber looking down at pedal and great pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2023-03-04 - Outside of swell chamber looking down on great and pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2023-03-04 - Outside the swell chamber with shades open looking at chimes (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2023-03-04 - Swell pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2023-03-04 - Outside of swell chamber looking down on Great division (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2023-03-04 - Great, choir, and pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2023-03-04 - Great, choir, and pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2023-03-04 - Great and choir pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2023-03-04 - Pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2023-03-04 - Pedal, choir, and great pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2023-03-04 - Pedal, choir, and great pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - View through the chamber door (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Great and pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Great pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Great pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Great pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Great pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Attic (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Looking down onto the Great (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Swell pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Swell pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Swell pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Regulator underneath great chest (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Great, Choir, and Pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Choir pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Swell pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Choir and pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Great pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Console: Pedalboard, pedal movements, and composition trundles (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Console: Crescendo indicator (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Console: Wind indicator (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Console: Swell & Pedal (left) stopjamb (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Console: Great/Choir (right) stopjamb (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Console: coupler rail (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Console: manuals and coupler rail (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Console (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Organ case/facade (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Organ case in rear gallery (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Organ in rear gallery from the front (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2021-08-08 - Sanctuary interior from the balcony (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

Consoles

Main

Notes

2005-02-28 - 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

2009-03-07 - Updated through on-line information from Harry Martenas. -- According to the church website (dated 2008) the organ "can still be used today". It also states the sanctuary is undergoing extensive renovation at this time. The echo organ is at the opposite end of the church, in a swell box. It is played from the swell manual (there is a tablet to select swell or echo). Its key action is electric, while the main instrument is tubular pneumatic. Echo organ was barely functional while I was there. -Database Manager

2012-09-29 - Updated through online information from Diane Meredith Belcher. -- It seems that the organ was installed as op. 2148, and dedicated in November 1907. In January of 1908, a fire broke out in the church. The organ was rechristened op. 2184, and though some of the draw knobs and indicator plaques bear different engraving fonts, it is not clear to what extent the organ was repaired or rebuilt in 1908. The organ is unplayable for all intents and purposes at this time [September 2012]; upon switching on the blower, the organist is greeted with a symphony of cacophony resulting from the countless air leaks and ciphers. -Database Manager

2012-09-30 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- According to Diane Meredith Belcher and documents in the OHS Archives, the organ was installed in 1907 as Op. 2148 and apparently damaged by fire and rebuilt in 1908 by Hook & Hastings as Op. 2184. -Database Manager

2021-08-08 - Visited 8/8/21: The organ does turn on releasing a barage of ciphers. The pipework is in generally good condition. The great and choir have plaster dirt and some pipe damage. The swell and pedal pipework is unharmed but there is water damage throughout the instrument. I was unable to see the echo pipework. The facade is missing the center pipe, but it is extant in the chamber. Chimes got a new electirc action in 1967. -John Roper

Stoplist

Source: Taken from console 8/8/21

Great Diapason 16, Diapason F 8, Diapason M 8, Gamba 8, Viola 8, Doppel Floete 8, Octave 4, Flute 4, Twelfth 3, Fifteenth 2, Mixture IV, Trumpet 8

Swell (Enclosed) Bourdon 16, Diapason 8, Gedeckt 8, Aeoline 8, Salicional 8, Voix Celeste 8, Flute 4, Violina 4, Flautino 2, Cornet III, Cornopean 8, Orchestral Oboe 8, Tremolo, Swell to Swell 16, Swell to Swell 4

Choir Diapason 8, Melodia 8, Dolce 8, Flute 4, Fugara 4, Piccolo 2, Clarinet 8, Chimes, Choir to Choir 16

Echo (Enclosed) Concert Flute 8, Dolce 8, Quintadena 8, Lieblich Flute 4, Harmonia Aetheria V, Vox Humana 8, Tremolo

Pedal Diapason 16, Bourdon 16, Violone 16, Lieblich Gedeckt 16 (SW?), Flauto Dolce 8 (12?)

Couplers Great to Pedal 8, Swell to Pedal 8, Choir to Pedal? 8, Swell to Great 8, Swell to Great 4, Choir to Great 16, Choir to Great 8, Swell to Choir 8, SW. off, Echo on Swell 8

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