Unknown - Organ Case (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1970s)/Database Manager)
OHS convention: 1987
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1987. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Built for W. W. Clap, Boston, MA. Then went to an unknown church [Danvers, MA?]. Then George G. Hook residence, Jamaica Plains, MA & altered c. 1872; then Maria Hook residence Brookline, MA. Moved to Essex Institute in 1934 by Edward Lahaise. Blower & slide tuners added 1945 by W. W. Laws. Moved to Institute auditorium in 1965 & partially restored by C. B. Fisk in 1972. -Database Manager
2021-10-13 - From *1987 OHS Handbook:* "In 1965, C. B. Fisk, Inc. moved the organ from what is now the Institute library to the auditorium; it was clear at the time that the organ needed a thorough restoration. That work commenced in 1972, at which time the 1872 Dulciana 8' was removed; internal evidence suggested that the original stop had been a Flute 4' of the same scale and construction as the St'd Diap Treble 8', (a wooden chimney flute), so a new Flute 4' was made out of western red cedar, knotfree aromatic cedar not being available. The missing Seventeenth 1 3/5', which appeared to have been of the same scale as the Twelfth 2 2/3', was replaced with old Fifteenth pipes of the proper scale, thought to have been made by George Stevens. In the absence of sufficient evidence for an accurate reproduction, the free reed, activated by a slider located under the chest, was not restored. The organ was reopened with a concert given in May 1973 by Daniel Pinkham and assisting artists." -Paul R. Marchesano
Source: 1987 OHS Handbook June 1987
MANUAL (58 notes, GGG-£3, no low G#, unenclosed) St'd Diap Treble 8 (42 w), St'd Diap Bass 8 (16 w), Octave 4 (58 w&m), Flute (TG) 4 (42 w), Twelfth (TG) 2⅔ (42 m), Fifteenth 2 (58 m), Seventeenth 1⅗ (58 m), (free reed, full compass, missing)
PEDAL MOVEMENTS (unlabelled brass pedals) Machine stop I: Octave 4', Twelfth 2⅔', Fifteenth 2', Seventeenth 1⅗', on, Machine stop II: 2⅔', 2', 1⅗' off, Pumping, unconnected pedal, perhaps for symmetry
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