OHS convention: 1969
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2012-09-26 - Identified through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -- From the New York Organ project website: "The E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings organ in Mount Moriah Baptist Church was originally built in 1872 for the many-towered Church of the Disciples, a Congregational Church located on the corner of Madison Avenue and 45th Street, which was demolished when the present Grand Central Terminal was constructed. Around 1900, the organ was rebuilt by Hook & Hastings, perhaps when the organ was relocated to Mount Morris Baptist Church. The organ has been unplayable for many years. In 2005, Mt. Moriah made plans to remodel its interior, and in April 2006 sold the organ for $5000 to The First Baptist Church of Jamaica Plain, MA, which had lost its E. & G.G. Hook organ (Op. 253, 1859) in a January 2005 fire." -Database Manager
2012-09-30 - Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -Database Manager
2022-10-25 - **From the *1969 OHS Handbook*:** "This Church was originally called Church of the Disciples. The organ features one of the few divided oases in the City, with the Great and Choir console on the left, and the Swell on the right. The motor is on DC current and you can see the hand rheostat on the right hand side of the console, next to the pump handle. The Bellows Gauge has been removed. We have not scheduled the usual demonstration because the organ is in such a state of disrepair. Deacon Cox, the Financial Secretary of Mt. Moriah, is interested in the organ, however, and there is some hope that we may one day again hear this truly magnificent Hook & Hastings restored to its former greatness." -Paul R. Marchesano
Typed stoplist (Source: Organ Clearing House website) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Mt. Morris Baptist Church New York City, New York E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings, 1872 This installation by Hook & Hastings, ca. 1900 OHS ID: 50365 _________________________________________________________________________ GREAT (58 notes) SWELL (58 notes, encl.) CHOIR (58 notes) 16 Open Diapason 16 Bourdon 8 Geigen Principal 8 Open Diapason 8 Open Diapason 8 Dulciana 8 Viola da Gamba 8 Stopped Diapason 8 Melodia 8 Gemshorn 8 Viola 4 Flute d'Amour 8 Doppel Flote 4 Violina 2 Piccolo 4 Octave 4 Flauto Traverso 8 Clarinet 3 Twelfth 2 Flautino 2 Fifteenth 8 Cornopean PEDAL Mixture III 8 Oboe 16 Double Open Diapason 8 Trumpet Tremolo 16 Bourdon 8 Violoncello COUPLERS MECHANICAL REGISTERS* Great to Pedal Man I/Pneumatic Coupler PEDAL MOVEMENTS Swell to Pedal Man II/Pneumatic Coupler Swell Piano Choir to Pedal Man III/Pneumatic Coupler Swell Forte Swell to Great Great Piano Great Forte Bellows Signal Great to Pedal Reversible Balanced Swell Pedal * pneumatic powered, thumb-pistons under top manual. 3 manuals, 36 registers, 28 stops, 30 ranks _________________________________________________________________________ [Received online from T. Daniel Hancock, 2012-09-26]
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