Unknown - Church Interior and Organ Case (Photograph (ca. 1870) from the collection of Jim Lewis/Database Manager)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
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
2015-01-02 - The Third Congregational Society in Springfield (later known as Church of the Unity) was organized in 1819 by secession of some of the "richest, most established parishioners from the First Parish Congregational Church.� In the 1860s the society needed a new building and held an architectural competition. The winner was the soon to be famous, H. H. Richardson; in fact, this was Richardson's first commission. The new edifice, located on State Street in downtown Springfield, was built from 1866-69. For many years it was considered Springfield-s most beautiful building. But as the demographics changed and the building became expensive to maintain, the congregation voted to relocate in 1957, and the old building was razed in 1961. -Database Manager
Specification from <i>The Organ in New England</i> by Barbara Owen (Raleigh: The Sunbury Press, 1979) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Springfield, Massachusetts
Church of the Unity
E. & G.G. Hook 1868 2 manuals, 26 stops, 30 ranks
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Source: Springfield "Republican," February 15, 1869.
GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Open Diapason 58 16' Lieblich Gedeckt 58
8' Open Diapason 58 8' Open Diapason 58
8' Stopped Diap. Treble 46 tc 8' Stopped Diapason 58
8' Stopped Diap. Bass 12 8' Keraulophon 58
8' Melodia 46 tc 4' Octave 58
8' Dulciana 58 4' Flauto Traverso 58
8' Salicional 58 4' Violina 58
4' Octave 58 2' Picolo [sic] 58
4' Flute d'Amour 58 Mixture II 116
2 2/3' Twelfth 58 8' Clarionet 46 tc
2' Fifteenth 58 8' Oboe (treble) 46 tc
Mixture IV 232 8' Bassoon (bass) 12
8' Trumpet 58
PEDAL ORGAN
MECHANICALS 16' Dbl. Open Diapason 27
Swell to Great 16' Bourdon 27
Swell to Pedal 8' Violoncello 27
Great to Pedal
Swell Tremulant
Great to Pedal Reversible
5 combination pedals
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2015-01-02]
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