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Hook & Hastings Co. Opus 2539 (1927)

Rollstone Congregational Church: Sanctuary
199 Main Street
Fitchburg, MA

Images

2020-11-24 - View of sanctuary from organ console (Photograph by Gavin Klein/Gavin Klein)

2020-11-24 - Facade from stage (Photograph by Gavin Klein/Gavin Klein)

2020-11-24 - Manuals and coupler rail (Photograph by Gavin Klein/Gavin Klein)

2020-11-24 - Left stop jamb (Photograph by Gavin Klein/Gavin Klein)

2020-11-24 - Right stop jamb (Photograph by Gavin Klein/Gavin Klein )

2020-11-24 - Spencer blower (Photograph by Gavin Klein/Gavin Klein)

2020-11-24 - Great pipework (Photograph by Gavin Klein/Gavin Klein)

2020-11-24 - Facade (Photograph by Gavin Klein/Gavin Klein)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
45 stops
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Solid State Logic Limited
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

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

2020-06-30 - The organ was originally built by the E. & G. G. Hook Company as Opus 526 in 1870. The organ was expanded and electrified in 1927 by the Hook and Hastings Company as Opus 2539. All the pipes from the 1870 build where retained as well as the facade and organ case. This continued to serve the church and the organ was fully restored in 1993 by the Southfield Organ Company. At the time of restoration, the organ was given a new Solid State console and both a set of chimes and a zimbelstern where added. The organ today is in very good shape, however, some of the electronics within the organ where damaged when the church was struck by lighting causing some of the stops to stop working at this time. There are also a few minor leaks inside the organ. All are repairable. -Gavin Klein

Stoplist

Source: Taken from Console 7/1/2020

Hook & Hastings Co. (Opus 2539, 1927)
Rollstone Congregational Church
Fitchburg, MA

Great:               Choir (Enclosed):   Swell (Enclosed):      Pedal:
16' Bourdon          8' Geigen Diapason  8' Viola Pomposa       32' Untersatz
8' Principal         8' Geigen Celeste   8' Hohlflote           16' Bourdon
8' Doppelflote       8' Gedackt          8' Viola Celeste       16' Open Bass
8' Gemshorn          4' Spire Flute      4' FLute Harmonique    16' Gedackt (Gt)
8' Gemshorn Celeste  2 2/3' Nasard       4' Principal           8' Principal
4' Octave            2' Principal        2' Doublette           8' Gedackt
4' Wald FLute        1 1/3' Tierce       1 1/3" III Plein Jeu   8' Gemshorn (Gt)
2 2/3' Twelfth       8' Clarinet         16' Basoon             4' Choral Bass
2' Fifteenth         Zimbelstern         8' Hautbois            16' Bombarde
2' IV Mixture        Tremulant           8' Trompette           16' Basoon (Sw)
8' Trumpet                               4' Clarion             8' Trompette
Chimes                                   Tremulant              4' Clarion

Websites

Rollstone Congregation Church- History of the Organ - Organ history webpage of the church (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)