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Hook & Hastings Opus 2564 (1929)

Johnson C. Smith University: Jane Smith Memorial Chapel
100 Beatties Ford Rd.
Charlotte, NC

Images


2009-03-27 - Organ facades in chancel (Photograph by David Ritch/Database Manager)

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

2009-03-28 - Updated through on-line information from David Ritch. -Database Manager

2009-05-22 - Updated through on-line information from Monty Bennett. -- The organ was recently rebuilt with a new console by John Dower of Lincolnton, NC. GT and SW are enclosed in chambers, separately controlled by two expression shoes. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist from console 5/21/2009 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Charlotte, North Carolina
Johnson C. Smith University, Jane Smith Memorial Chapel
Hook and Hastings Co., Boston, Massachussetts (1929)

SWELL (enclosed)
8'  Diapason
8'  Stopped Diapason
8'  Quintadena
8'  Salicional
8'  Voix Celeste
8'  Aeoline
4'  Orchestral Flute
8'  Oboe
8'  Vox Humana
Tremolo

GREAT (enclosed)
8'  Open Diapason
8'  Melodia
8'  Dulciana
8'  Unda Maris
4'  Octave
8'  Clarinet
Chimes
Tremolo

PEDAL (enclosed)
16'  Bourdon
16'  Gedeckt (SW ext)
8'   Flute (ext Bourd.)

COUPLERS (on rail above SW manual)
8' Gt to Ped
4' Gt to Ped
8' Sw to Ped
4' Sw to Ped

Sw to Sw 16
Sw Unison Off
Sw to Sw 4

16' Sw to Gt
8'  Sw to Gt
4'  Sw to Gt
Gt to Gt 16
Gt Unison Off
Gt to Gt 4

COMBINATION ACTION
12 memory levels
Generals:  1-18 (1-6 under SW manual, 7-12 under GT manual, 13-18 toe studs only)
SW divisionals:  1-6
GT divisionals:  1-6
Ped divisional toe studs:  1-4

Sw-Ped, Gt-Ped Reversibles (thumb and toe)
Sw-Gt Reversible (thumb)
Tutti (thumb and toe)

Memory Level Up/Down pistons (thumb--under SW)
Transposer Up/Down pistons (thumb--under SW)

Player piston (record/playback)

Expression Shoes:
GT
SW
Cresc

[Received on line from Monty Bennett May 23, 2009.]

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