Pre 1923 - Organ facade (Photograph from an archival source: NA, submitted by Enno Fritsch/Enno Fritsch)
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
2011-11-22 - Updated through online information from Steven E. Lawson. -Database Manager
Copied from Dwight's Journal of Music (Oct. 24, 1857): 235-36 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Providence, Rhode Island
Beneficent Congregational Society
E. & G.G. Hook Opus 211 1857 3 manuals, 34 stops, 40 ranks
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Copied from Dwight's Journal of Music (Oct. 24, 1857): 235-36
GREAT ORGAN CHOIR ORGAN
16' Bourdon Bass 12 8' Open Diapason 56
16' Bourdon Treble (TC) 44 8' Dulciana 56
8' Open Diapason 56 8' Viol d'Amour 56
8' Melodia 56 8' St. Diapason 56
8' St. Diapason 56 4' Principal 56
5-1/3' Quint 56 4' Flute 56
4' Principal 56 8' Bassoon 12
4' Wald Flute 58 8' Cremona (TC) 44
2-2/3' Twelfth 58
2' Fifteenth 58 PEDALE ORGAN
Sesquialtera [2 rks?] 116 16' Open Diapason 29
Mixture [4 rks?] 232 16' St. Diapason 29
8' Trumpet 56 8' Violoncello 29
4' Clarion 56 16' Trombone 29
SWELL ORGAN ACCESSORY & COMPOSITION REGISTERS
16' Bourdon Bass 12 Great to Pedale
16' Bourdon Treble (TC) 44 Choir to Pedale
8' Open Diapason 56 Swell to Pedale
8' Gamba 56 Swell to Great Unison
8' St. Diapason 56 Swell to Great Super Octave
4' Principal 56 Great Organ Separation
2' Fifteenth 56 Choir to Great Sub Octave
Cornet [3 rks?] 168 Full Organ }
8' Trumpet 56 Chorus } Compositions *
8' Hautboy 56 Diapasons }
4' Clarion 56 Bellows Signal
* by knobs in left jamb
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