1906 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Brooklyn Public Library via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
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
2013-10-16 - Updated through online information from Steven E. Lawson. -- E. & G.G. Hook Op. 571 (1871) purchased in 1884 and moved to original church building. In 1894 moved & electrified by Hook & Hastings (1894, Op. 1638) to second building. -Database Manager
2020-11-21 - From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project: The organ in the church building on Pacific Street and Third Avenue was originally built in 1871 by E. & G.G. Hook of Boston for the Music Hall in Providence, R.I. In 1894, the Music Hall was closed and the organ was purchased by Hook & Hastings, successor firm to E. & G.G. Hook. An article in The Organ (April 1894, p. 289) announced that Hook & Hastings "will make it practically as good as new" and sell it for "a very low figure." For its installation in Bethlehem Swedish Lutheran, Hook & Hastings electrified the organ, retaining the 58-note manual compass but increasing the Pedal stops from 27 to 30 notes. At an unknown date a new console having 61-note keyboards and a 32-note pedalboard was installed by Ralph Clausen of Staten Island. -Jeff Scofield
Source: Larry Trupiano via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project
Brooklyn, New York
Bethlehem Swedksh Lutheran Church
Hook & Hastings Op. 1638 1871/1894 3/33
_____________________________________________
GREAT SWELL
16' Open Diapason 58 8' Diapason 58
8' Diapason 58 8' Gedeckt 58
8' Doppel Flute 58 8' Salicional 58
8' Gamba 58 4' Principal 58
4' Octave 58 4' Harmonic Flute 58
2 2/3' Twelfth 58 III Mixture 174
2' Fifteenth 58 8' Cornopean 58
IV Mixture 232 8' Oboe 58
8' Trumpet 58 8' Vox Humana 58
Tremolo
SOLO
PEDAL
8' Geigen 58
8' Melodia 58 16' Open Diapason 30
8' Dulciana 58 16' Bourdon 30
4' Flute d'Amour 58 8' Violoncello 30
2' Piccolo 58 16' Trombone 30
8' Clarinet 58
Tremolo
[Received from Jeff Scofield November 21, 2020]Regrettably, it is not possible to display the information about the sponsor of this pipeorgandatabase entry or if there is a sponsor. Please see About Sponsors on Pipe Organ Database.