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E. & G. G. Hook Opus 189 (1855)

First Unitarian Church
10 Parish Street
Boston (Dorchester), MA

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
2 manuals
28 registers
3 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: 25 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Trigger/Hitch-Down Expression
Combination action: None

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

2008-11-16 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was free-standing and encased with a three-sectional facade containing 21 pipes arranged: 7-7-7. The organ was sold to St. Paul's Episcopal in Salem, NY in 1890 and installed there W. J. Stuart and Brother for $1000. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Tracker, 41:3, p24

E. & G. G. Hook (Opus 189, 1855)
First Unitarian Church
Boston: Dorchester, MA

E. & G. G. Hook   Opus 189   1855
2 manuals, 18 stops, 20 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN
      8' Open Diapason         56
      8' Viol d'Amour          56
      8' Melodia Treble (TC)   44
      8' St'd. Diap'n. Bass    12
      4' Principal             56
     2⅔' Twelfth               56
      2' Fifteenth             56
         Sesquialtera 3 Rks.  161
      8' Trumpet Treble (TC)   44
      8' Trumpet Bass          12

         SWELL ORGAN
     16' Bourdon Treble (TC#)  43
     16' Bourdon Bass          13
      8' Open Diapason         56
      8' Dulciana (TC)         44
      8' St'd. Diap'n. Treble  44
      8' St'd. Diap'n. Bass    12
      4' Principal             56
      4' Flute                 56
      2' Fifteenth             56
      8' Trumpet Treble (TC)   44
      8' Trumpet Bass          12
      8' Hautboy (TC)          44

         PEDAL ORGAN
     16' Dble. Op. Diap'n.     25

         ACCESSORIES
         Swell to Great Organ
         Great Organ to Pedals
         Swell Organ to Pedals
         [Tremulant] - hitch-downpedal
         Bellows Signal

         COMBINATIONS
         Great Piano
         Great Mezzo
         Swell Piano
         Swell Mezzo

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#5608 - William J. Stuart & Brothers (1890)