Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
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
2023-04-19 - Built in 1833 as the Second Street Presbyterian Church, this structure was incorporated into the 1894 Rensselaer County Courthouse and remodeled as an annex in 1913. It is a contributing property to the Central Troy Historic District, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. -Paul R. Marchesano
2023-04-19 - ...The price paid was about $4,500, securing an instrument that would cost at present rates, at least $6,000. Such an evidence of public spirit and generosity is truly honorable to those ladies. The result was witnessed last evening, when the organ was shown to the public for the first time. Externally, the instrument is truly artistic-its case is one of the most beautiful in Troy. The builders claim for it a novel combination of mechanical efforts, by which effects worthy of a far larger instrument are produced. It is one of the most finished instruments in Troy, and is in some respects a miniature reproduction of the great organ in Boston. The voicing of the pipes was done by one of the Munich makers. It has twenty-nine stops and eleven mechanical movements-forty in all. The scheme was prepared by Mr.J. H. Wilcox, organist of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Boston, and the organ was built by the Messrs Hook Brothers. The exhibition last evening was a complete success. The audience was large and appreciative. Nearly all the city clergy were there, and most of our musical amateurs. The two organists who graced the occasion did ample justice to the instrument. Mr. Wilcox, who prepared the scheme, is regarded as one of the leading organists of the United States, and as a classmate and friend of one of the committee of the church, took a great interest in the design and execution. His playing, last evening, was worthy of his extended reputation. He gave some classical selections in the first part, and at the conclusion improvised upon a Russian melody, introduced a graphic imitation ofa thunder storm, and concluded with Auber's flute-like overture to Zanetta. Mr. T.J. Guy, of this city, organist of St.Joseph's Church, added to his already high fame by the brilliant manner in which he presided at the new organ last evening. He evidently carried the audience with him-for they indulged in as much applause as the sanctuary would warrant. Mr. Guy played a magnificent overture, and variations on the theme of the beautiful Vesper Hymn. It was certainly fortunate that two such accomplished musicians as Messrs. Wilcox and Guy should have been selected to inaugurate the new organ, which is now one of the musical institutions and ornaments of Troy. Wm. Hopkins is organist. --"Church Music," *Troy Daily Times*, 13:219 (Mar. 11, 1865), 3. [reprinted in the *2006 OHS Organ Atlas*] -Paul R. Marchesano
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