2005-02-28 - Identified from company publications as edited and expanded in *The Hook Opus List 1829-1935*, ed. William T. Van Pelt (Organ Historical Society, 1991). -Database Manager
2008-01-05 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The center portion of the case with the three Romanesque arches is the original 19th-century Hook case, to which Hook & Hastings added side wings for the 1928 organ. -Database Manager
2008-01-09 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- This is the third pipe organ owned by the parish - the first two also being by the Hook firm in 1843 and again in 1858. The 1928 organ was a gift to the parish as a memorial to Moses Tyler Stevens and Charlotte Emmeline Osgood Stevens by their children. The Hook firm took the keydesk, chassis, and pipes in trade from their 1858 organ, leaving the case to be incorporated into the new instrument — which cost $10,200.00. It was dedicated in worship on Christmas Sunday, December 22, 1928 by organist Moses Tyler Stevens - son of the man in whose memory the organ had been given. Documented March 4, 1989. -Database Manager
Original document from James R. Stettner. Source: Stoplist copied from the console March 4, 1989 2018-09-13
North Andover, Massachusetts
First Parish (North Parish)
Organ by Hook & Hastings, Opus 2559, 1928 - Original Specifications
GREAT COUPLERS
8 Open Diapason 61 Swell to Pedal 8,4
8 Melodia 61 Great to Pedal 8
8 Salicional (Sw) –- ○
8 Dulciana 61 Swell to Great 16,8,4
4 Flute d'Amour 61
8 Cornopean (Sw) –- ◘
FINGER PISTONS
Great to Great 16' Entire 0, 1 - 4
Great Release Swell & Pedal 0, 1 – 5
Great to Great 4' Great & Pedal 0, 1 – 4
G.R.
SWELL (Expressive)
16 Bourdon 12 ▲ FOOT LEVERS (Labeled; l – r)
8 Open Diapason 73 Adjuster
8 Stopped Diapason 73 ▲ Gr. to Ped. (rev)
8 Salicional 73 ○
8 Voix Celeste (tc) 61
8 Æoline 73 PEDAL MOVEMENTS
4 Orchestral Flute 73 Swell Expression (bal.)
4 Salicet 12 ○ Crescendo (bal.)
2-2/3 Nazard 61
2 Flageolet 61
III Dolce Cornet [12-15-17] 183
8 Cornopean 73 ◘
8 Oboe 73
8 Vox Humana 73
Tremolo
Swell to Swell 16'
Swell Release ACTION: Electro-Pneumatic
Swell to Swell 4'
VOICES: 17
PEDAL STOPS: 24
16 Sub Bass 32 □
16 Lieblich Bourdon (Sw) –- ▲ RANKS: 19
8 Gross Flute 12 □
8 Flauto Dolce (Sw) –- ▲ PIPES: 1,250
NOTES
This is the third pipe organ owned by the parish - the first two also being by the Hook
firm in 1843 and again in 1858.
The 1928 organ was a gift to the parish as a memorial to Moses Tyler Stevens and
Charlotte Emmeline Osgood Stevens by their children. The Hook firm took the keydesk,
chassis, and pipes in trade from their 1858 organ, leaving the case with the three
Romanesque arches to be incorporated into the new instrument — which cost $10,200.00.
It was dedicated in worship on Christmas Sunday, December 22, 1928 by organist Moses
Tyler Stevens - son of the man in whose memory the organ had been given.
Sources: Hook opus list; Parish history; JRS; extant organ
The North Parish Church of N. Andover
190 Academy Rd.
North Andover, MA. 01845-4022
(978) 687-7948 Documented: March 4, 1989
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