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Hook & Hastings Opus 1256 (1885)

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

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
• Console position: Keydesk Attached
• 2 manuals
• 17 registers
• 3 divisions
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
• Pedal Type: Flat Straight
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)

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

2008-01-09 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was later electrified in 1928 by Wm. W. Laws with a 3-manual console, and the Choir division prepared for. -Database Manager

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

• #32644†* - William W. Laws (1928)
• #32645†* - Edward 'Ned' Gammons (1979)

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