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E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings Opus 689 (1873)

Christ Episcopal Church
St. Joseph, MO

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

Consoles

Main

Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
9 stops
11 registers
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes

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

2005-05-13 - Damaged in an 1876 fire that destroyed the building. Restored in new 1877 building. Sold to the Hundley Methodist Church South in St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1896. -Database Manager

2018-05-15 - This organ was a "Size No. 6" model -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed Specification Source: from <i>The Hook Opus List, 1829-1916 in Facsimile</i> by William T. Van Pelt (OHS, 1991) Date not recorded

St. Joseph, Missouri
Christ Episcopal Church

E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings   Opus 689   1873
2 manuals, 9 stops, 9 ranks    "Size No. 6"
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         I. MANUALE
      8' Open Diapason             58
      8' Dulciana (TC)             46
      8' Unison Bass (wood)        12
      8' Melodia (TC) (wood)       46
      4' Octave                    58

         II. MANUALE (Swell)
      8' Viola (TC)                46
      8' Unison Bass (wood)        12
      8' Stopped Diapason (TC)     46
      4' Flute                     58
      8' Oboe (TC)                 46

         PEDALE
     16' Sub Bass (wood)           27

         COUPLERS, ETC.
         Manuale Coupler
         I. Manuale to Pedal, Coupler
         II. Manuale to Pedal, Coupler
         Tremulant
         Bellows Signal

         Swell Pedal
         Bellows Pedal for light playing


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2018-05-15]

Websites

Early Organs in St. Joseph, MO - Photograph (after relocation) and history. (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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