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E. & G. G. Hook Opus 88 (1848)

Middle Dutch Reformed Church
Albany, NY

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


Consoles

Main


Notes

2005-03-01 - 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

2006-06-15 - A notice from the *Albany Evening Journal* July 27, 1848, containes a description of the organ, complete with a list of stops. The notice is reproduced on p. 61 of *2006 Organ Atlas* (OHS, 2006). -Database Manager


Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: <i>OHS Organ Atlas of the Capital District Region 2006</i> Date not recorded

Albany, New York
Middle Dutch Church

E. & G. G. Hook   Opus 88   1848              3 manuals, 24 stops
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         GREAT ORGAN (GG to f3)               SWELL ORGAN (c13 to f3)
      8' Open Diapason                    16' Double Stop Diapason
      8' Stop Diapason Treble              8' Open Diapason
      8' Stop Diapason Bass                8' Stop Diapason
      8' Melodia                           8' Viol da Gamba
      4' Principal                         4' Principal
      3' Twelfth                           4' Night Horn
      2' Fifteenth                            Dulciana Cornet (3 rks?)
         Sesquialtera (3 rks?)             8' Trumpet
      8' Trumpet Treble                    8' Hautboy
      8' Trumpet Bass                         Tremulant

         CHOIR ORGAN (GG to f3)               PEDAL ORGAN
      8' Open Diapason                    16' Double Open Diapason
      8' Stop Diapason Treble
      8' Stop Diapason Bass                   COUPLARY STOPS
      8' Dulciana                             Great Organ and Swell Unisons
      4' Principal                            Great Organ and Swell 8va
      4' Flute                                Great Organ and Choir Organ
      8' Cremona                              Choir and Swell Organ
                                              Pedal and Great Organ
                                              Pedal and Choir Organ
                                              Bellows Signal


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2018-05-03]


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