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Hook & Hastings Co. Opus 1660 (1895)

Images

2018-03-19 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Brad Engelland)

2017-03-19 - Nameplate (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St.Denis)

2017-03-19 - Keydesk and Stops (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St.Denis)

2017-03-19 - Organ façade (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St.Denis)

2017-03-17 - Church interior (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St.Denis)

2017-03-15 - Church exterior & Rectory (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St.Denis)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
• 2 manuals
• 22 stops
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Pedal Type: Flat Straight

Notes

2004-10-30 - OCH from 1st Parish Unitarian-Universalist, Brighton (Boston), MA. -Database Manager

2009-06-17 - Updated through online information from David Moulton. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From console April 28, 2023

Worcester, Massachusetts
St. John's Roman Catholic Church

Hook & Hastings Co. (No. 1660, 1895)

Compasses: 58/27

All stops full compass except as noted.

     GREAT
Gr.  8'     Open Diapason
Gr.  8'     Melodia           [stopped bass]
Gr.  8'     Dulciana
Gr.  4'     Octave
            Blank slide*
Gr.  2'     Fifteenth
Gr.  8'     Trumpet

     SWELL (Expressive)
Sw.  16'    Bourdon Tr.  [t.c.]
Sw.  16'    Bourdon Bass  [1-12]
Sw.  8'     Open Diapason
Sw.  8'     Salicional
Sw.  8'     Stopd Diapason
Sw.  4'     Gemshorn
Sw.  4'     Harmonic Flute
Sw.  2 Rks. Dolce Cornet  [2 2/3' + 2', through]
Sw;  8'     Oboe
            Tremolo

     PEDAL
Ped. 16'    Bourdon
Ped. 8'     Open Diapason   [wood]

     COUPLERS
Swell to Great
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal

     FOOT TRUNDLES
Great Combination Pedals: Forte, Piano
Swell Combination Pedals: Forte, Piano

     PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression pedal

     ACCESSORIES
Bellows Signal
Water Motor pedal


* The blank slider shares the toeboard with the Fifteenth,
   has the toeholes bored and chamfered, and was intended
   for a Twelfth in other organs of this model.

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

• #5450†* - Hook & Hastings Opus 1660 (1895)

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