Better Pipe Organ Database

Hook & Hastings Opus 2110 (1906)

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church / St. John-St. Matthew-Emanuel Lutheran Church
283 Prospect Avenue
New York City: Brooklyn, NY

Images

2014-11-08 - Organ case and façade pipes (Photograph by Courtesy of the NYC AGO Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1929 - Church interior and organ (Photograph from an archival source: Brooklyn Public Library via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
21 stops
22 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has combination toe pistons

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

2020-11-24 - The organ was later electrified by the James H. Rae Co. of Brooklyn. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: "New Music Review" courtesy of Jonathan Bowen via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project

   Brooklyn, New York
   St. John-St. Matthew-Emanuel Lutheran Church

   Hook & Hastings Co.   Op. 2110   1906   2/22
   _____________________________________________________________________

   GREAT                   SWELL                     PEDAL

8' Diapason      61    16' Bourdon         61    16' Diapason         30
8' Doppel Flute  61     8' Diapason        61    16' Bourdon          30
8' Gamba         61     8' Gedeckt         61    16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
8' Dulciana      61     8' Salicional      61     8' Violoncello      30
4' Octave        61     8' Voix Celeste    61
4' Flute d'Amour 61     8' Aeoline         61
8' Trumpet       61     4' Harmonic Flute  61
                        4' Violina         61
                      III  Dolce Cornet   183
                        8' Oboe            61

   Tremolo affecting entire organ

             [Received from Jeff Scofield November 23, 2020]

Websites

NYC AGO NYC Organ Project - Stoplist, photos and histories (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)