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E. & G. G. Hook Opus 188 (1855)

South Congregational Church
45 Maple Street
Springfield, MA

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

Images

Unknown - Organ Case in balcony (From a South Church scrapbook (1860-1875), courtesy of Lawrence Picard/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
28 registers

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

2015-02-18 - Updated through online information from Bynum Petty. -- The organ was moved to the Congregational Church, Enfield, CT, c. 1874. -Database Manager

Documents

(1855-10-06) "Improvements at the South Church," Springfield (MA) Daily Republican, Saturday, October 6, 1855, 1, Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1061558182. (The article includes a list of Great and Swell stops but says nothing about Pedal stops). -Charles Eberline

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