Note: 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
2022-05-13 - It [the Appleton organ] was replaced by E. & G. G. Hook Op. 348 in 1864 at a cost of $4,500. The dedicatory recital was played by J. H. Wilcox on Friday, December 9, 1 864. -- *2005 OHS Handbook* -Paul R. Marchesano
2022-05-13 - In 1914, the W B. Williams Co. made some tonal changes. These were a Viol d'Orchestra and Vox Celeste in the Swell; and a Dolce, Gamba and Clarinet in the Great. In 1949, Skinner returned to Taunton in his 83rd year to rebuild the organ. He replaced the console and appended electropneumatic pulldown mechanisms and slide motors to the Hook slider chests. Fourteen of the original 1864 stops and three of the 1914 ranks were retained. This work, which cost $5,474, was more a superficial remodeling than a comprehensive rebuilding. The pulldown mechanisms were mounted on the floor some four feet below the pallet boxes, connected by thin wires to the windchests. This made quick repetition of notes nearly impossible. Tonally, Skinner merely replaced ranks with some of his signature stops - solo reeds, flutes, strings and celestes. --* 2005 OHS Handbook* -Paul R. Marchesano
Source: 2005 OHS Handbook
GREAT ORGAN Bourdon 16, Open Diapason 8, St. Diap. Base [sic] 8, Melodia 8, Salicional 8, Dulciana 8, Octave 4, Flauto Traverso 4, Twelfth 2⅔, Fifteenth 2, Mixture III, Cornopean 8, Cor Anglais 8
SWELL ORGAN Bourdon 16, Open Diapason 8, St. Diap. Base [sic] 8, St. Diap. Treb. 8, Viol d'Amour 8, Aeoline 8, Violina 4, Fifteenth 2, Bassoon 8, Oboe 8, Clarionette 8, Tremulant
PEDAL ORGAN Double Open Diapason 16, Dulciana 16, Violoncello 8
MECHANICAL STOPS, &c. Swell to Great Organ, Great to Pedal Organ, Swell to Pedal, Bellows Signal, Pedal Check, Two Combination Pedals for Great Organ
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