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E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings Opus 1018 (1881)

Wellesley College: Billings Hall - Studio
Wellesley, MA

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
9 stops
11 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: None

Notes

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

2007-09-22 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- According to the 1966 OHS Handbook, the organ was relocated thru the Organ Clearing House in 1960 to the [Congregational] Tabernacle in Craigville, Massachusetts. It was installed there by volunteers at a cost of $87.00. The 3-sectional facade contains the first 17 pipes of the Great 8' Open Diapason and the first 4 pipes of the Great 4' Octave. While the pedalboard is flat, the sharps are radiating. Key-depth adjustment screws are located in the key cheeks. The organ was tonally altered in 1966 by Barbara J. Owen of Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist extrapolated from the altered stoplist on a related entry. November 17, 2021

Wellesley, Massachusetts
Wellesley College

E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings, Opus 1018, 1881 - Original Specifications


           GREAT
   8′      Op Diap               58  1-17 en facade
   8′      Melodia               58
   8′      Dulciana              58
   4′      Octave                58  1-4 en facade


           SWELL (Expressive)
Sw 8′      Viola           (tc)  46
Sw 8′      Std Diap        (tc)  46
Sw 8′      Unison Bass           12
Sw 4′      Flute                 58
Sw 8′      Oboe            (tc)  46
Sw 8′      Bassoon               12
           Tremolo

           PEDALE
[16′]      Sub Bass              27

COUPLERS (Drawknob)
Swell to Pedale
Great to Pedale

Swell to Great Unison
Swell to Great Octaves

FOOT TRUNDLES
None

PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression             (bal.)
 
NOTES
Manual compass: CC–a3, 58 notes; Pedal compass: CCC–D, 27 notes. Originally
built for this location. The organ was moved to the Craigville, Massachu-
setts (Congregational) Tabernacle and set up by volunteers in 1960. Subse-
quent tonal changes were made in 1966.

The chests are chromatic; the Swell is behind the Great; the pedal keyboard
has radiating sharps, unusual in a Hook & Hastings organ of the period; the
pedal pipes are divided at each side; the three flats of the walnut case
contain 17 Open Diapason basses and the lowest 4 Octave pipes; there are
key-depth adjustment screws in the key cheeks.

[Received from James R. Stettner 2021-11-17.]

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#4895 - Barbara Owen (1966)