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
Specification from <i>The Organ in New England</i> by Barbara Owen (Raleigh: The Sunbury Press, 1979) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Female College
E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings Opus 753 1874 3 manuals, 19 stops, 19 ranks
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Source: "Music Trade Review" (May 3, 1877)
GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
8' Open Diapason 58 8' Viola 58
8' Salicional 58 8' Stop Diapason 58
8' Rohr Flute (wood) 58 4' Flauto Traverso 58
4' Octave 58 4' Violino 58
3' Twelfth 58 8' Oboe 58
2' Fifteenth 58
8' Trumpet 58 PEDAL ORGAN
16' Bourdon 30
SOLO ORGAN 8' Flöte 30
8' Melodia 58
8' Dulciana 58
4' Flute d'Amour 58
2' Piccolo 58
8' Clarionet 46 tc
COUPLERS MECHANICALS
Swell to Great Swell Tremolo
Solo to Great Bellows Signal
Solo to Swell Great to Pedal Reversible
Great to Pedal 2 Great combinations
Swell to Pedal
Solo to Pedal
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2014-12-31]
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