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
2023-05-01 - "Church Burned: A Brick Steeple Falls and Several Firemen Barely Escape," *Daily State Ledger* (Jackson, MS), Monday, May 23, 1892, 1, Newspapers.com, accessed May 1, 2023, https://www.newspapers.com/image/248725068: Meridian, Miss., May 23.—The First Baptist church, a magnificent structure costing $18,000, was destroyed by fire last night, caused, most probably, by an explosion of gas in the basement. /The fire was not discovered until beyond control, and half an hour after the sexton had finished lighting up for the evening service. A $2,500 pipe organ had just been placed in position and is totally destroyed. The falling of the brick steeple, over 100 feet high, came near burying the firemen beneath the debris. There was $7,000 insurance on the building and $2,000 on the organ. -Charles Eberline
Typed stoplist Source: from <i>The Organ</i>, May 1892 Date not recorded
Meridian, Mississippi
First Baptist Church
Hook & Hastings Opus 1518 1892 2 manuals, 13 stops, 13 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Bourdon 8' Viola
8' Open Diapason 8' Stopped Diapason
8' Dulciana 8' Æoline
8' Melodia 4' Flute Harmonique
4' Octave 8' Oboe }
3' Twelfth 8' Bassoon }
2' Fifteenth
PEDAL ORGAN
16' Bourdon
The usual couplers
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Great Organ Forte Combination
Great Organ Piano Combination
Water Motor
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-10-16]
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