Better Pipe Organ Database

Hall Organ Co. (1922)

First Congregational Church / The Robinson Center
The Highlands
Holyoke, MA

Images

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Lost New England, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

ca 1929 - Organ facade and console (Builder's promotional photograph, submitted by Shawn P. Keith/Shawn P. Keith)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
40 stops
49 registers
6 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons

Notes

2005-06-28 - Identified through information in <i>Classified List of Hall Organs</i>, published in 1929 by Hall Organ Co., West Haven, Connecticut. -Database Manager

2007-11-19 - Updated through online information from Nicholas Russotto. -- This instrument is far from its original form...was substantially rebuilt most recently by, we think, John Wessel. It has a dutch-style Rückpositiv on the balcony rail at the rear of the church. I have not yet seen it...more information when I do. -Database Manager

2008-03-17 - Updated through online information from Nicholas Russotto. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON February 1923

     Holyoke, Massachusetts
     First Congregational Church

     Hall   1922   4/42
     ______________________________________________

     GREAT (*encl in CH)        CHOIR
 16' Diapason          61    8' Diapason         73
  8' 1st Diapason      61    8' Geigen Principal 73
  8' 2nd Diapason      61    8' Melodia          73
  8' Viola da Gamba  * 61    8' Dulciana         73
  8' Grossflöte      * 61    4' Flute d'Amour    73
  8' Concert Flute   * 61    2' Piccolo          61
  4' Octave          * 61    8' Clarinet         73
  4' Flauto Traverso * 61       Tremolo
  2' Fifteenth       * 61       Celesta          61
  8' French Horn     * 61
  8' Tuba            * 61       ECHO
  4' Octave Tuba     * --    8' Stentorphone     73
     Tremolo         *       8' Fernflöte        73
                             8' Flute Celeste    61
     SWELL                   8' Muted Viole      73
 16' Bourdon           73    8' Flute Celeste    73
  8' Diapason          73    8' Vox Humana       73
  8' Gedeckt           73       Tremolo
  8' Salicional        73       Chimes           21
  8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
  8' Viole Celeste     61       PEDAL
  8' Aeoline           73   16' Diapason         32
  8' Unda Maris        61   16' Bourdon          32
  4' Flute Harmonic    73   16' Violone          32
  2' Flautino          61   16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
III  Dolce Cornet     183   10' Quint            --
  8' Cornopean         73    8' Octave           12
  8' Oboe              73    8' Flute            12
     Tremolo                 8' Violoncello      12
                            16' Tuba          GT 12
                             8' Tuba             GT
                            16' Echo Bourdon  EC 12

    [Received from Jeff Scofield November 25, 2022]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON February 1923 Stoplist and dedication concert commentary -Jeff Scofield