Better Pipe Organ Database

Hook & Hastings Opus 2385 (1916)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary; front
565 Washington St.
Whitman, MA

Images

June 2009 - Sanctuary interior with twin organ cases in front (Photograph from an archival source: The Patriot Ledger, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

ca. 1930 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
14 stops
3 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)

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

2023-03-18 - The church held its last service in June 29, 2009. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON January 1917

    Whitman, Massachusetts
    First Baptist Church

    Hook & Hastings   Op. 2385   1916
    ____________________________________

    GREAT               SWELL
 8' Open Diapason    8' Diapason
 8' Melodia          8' Gedeckt
 8' Viola da Gamba   8' Viola
 8' Dulciana         8' Voix Celeste
 4' Flute Octave     8' Aeoline
                     4' Flute Harmonique
    PEDAL            8' Oboe
16' Open Diapason       Tremolo
16' Bourdon
 8' Flute    (ext)

[Received from Jeff Scofield August 7, 2023]