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E. & G. G. Hook Opus 419 (1867)

Consoles

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• Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
• Console position: Keydesk Attached
• 2 manuals
• 22 registers
• 3 divisions
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
• Pedal Type: Flat Straight
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)

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

2007-10-22 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Housed in a free-standing case in the rear gallery. 3-sectional facade of 17 ornately stenciled pipes in three Romanesque arches arranged: 5-7-5. Organ electrified and enlarged in 1933 by George W. Reed & Son. Retrackerized by Andover in 2003. -Database Manager

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• #29846 - G.W. Reed & Son (1933)

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