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E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings Opus 828 (1876)

Centennial Exposition: Exhibition Hall
Philadelphia, PA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

1876 - Promotional Hook drawing of the Centennial organ (Photograph from an archival source: Hook Organs, published by OHS Press, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

1876 - Promotional Hook etching of the organ (Photograph from an archival source: Hook Organs, published by OHS Press, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
47 stops
5 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical With Pneumatic Assists
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes

Notes

2007-01-18 - Pedal on tubular-pneumatic action. -Database Manager

2007-01-18 - Relocated to St. Joseph's Cathedral (RC) in 1877; much rebuilt and altered mechanically over the years by Teller-Kent, Schlicker, Andover. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Specification from <i>The Organ in New England</i> by Barbara Owen (Raleigh: The Sunbury Press, 1979) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Centennial Exhibition

E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings   Opus 828   1876   3 manuals, 47 stops, 54 ranks
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Source: "Vox Humana" (October 1876), and examination of extant organ
        in St. Joseph's Cathedral, Buffalo, N.Y.

        GREAT ORGAN                            SWELL ORGAN
    16' Open Diapason       58             16' Bourdon             58
     8' Open Diapason       58              8' Open Diapason       58
     8' Doppel Flöte        58              8' Viola               58
     8' Gamba               58              8' Stopped Diapason    58
     6' Quinte              58              8' Quintadena          58
     4' Flute Harmonique    58              4' Flauto Traverso     58
     4' Octave              58              4' Violina             58
 2 2/3' Twelfth             58                 Cornet III         174
     2' Fifteenth           58              8' Cornopean           58
        Cornet III         174              8' Oboe                58
        Mixture IV         232              8' Vox Humana          58
    16' Trumpet             58
     8' Trumpet             58                 SOLO ORGAN             a
     4' Clarion             58              8' Stentorphon         58
                                            8' Tuba Mirabilis      58
        CHOIR ORGAN
     8' Geigen Principal    58                 PEDAL ORGAN
     8' Dulciana            58             32' Bourdon             42
     8' Melodia             58             16' Open Diapason       42
     8' Rohr Flöte          58             16' Violone             42
     4' Flute d'Amour       58             16' Bell Gamba          42
     4' Fugara              58             16' Bourdon             -- b
     2' Piccolo             58             12' Quinte              -- b
     8' Clarinet            58              8' Violoncello         -- b
     8' Vox Angelica *      58              8' Octave              -- b
        * free reed                         4' Super Octave        -- b
                                           16' Trombone            42
                                            8' Trumpet             -- b

     a  Solo division does not have it own manual and is located on
          its own high-pressure chest in front of the swellbox.
     b  stops mechanically derived from the basic 5 Pedal stops


        COUPLERS                               MECHANICALS
        Swell to Great                         Swell Tremulant
        Choir to Great                         Great to Pedal Reversible
        Solo to Great                          Full Organ
        Swell to Choir                         Crescendo
        Great to Pedal
        Swell to Pedal                         COMBINATIONS
        Choir to Pedal                         3 Great
        Solo to Pedal                          2 Swell
        Choir Sub Octaves                      2 Choir
        Solo Super Octaves
        Great Separation


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2014-12-31]

Documents

(1876-12-31) <i>The Centennial Exposition, Described and Illustrated</i>, by James Ingram [excerpt] Excerpt describing musical instruments; -Database Manager

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