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Hook & Hastings Opus 1823 (1899)

Unitarian Church / Doll Museum
Main St. & River St.
Sandwich, MA

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
7 stops
7 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: None
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - From Unitarian, Sandwich, MA. Relocated to Community Church of Jesus Chapel, Orleans, MA 1971. -Database Manager

2018-12-23 - Updated by James R. Stettner, naming this as the source of information: Andover Organ Co. files. <br> <br> -Database Manager

Stoplist

Original document from James R. Stettner. Source: Stoplist copied from Andover Organ Co. files 2018-12-26

Sandwich, Massachusetts
Unitarian Church / Doll Museum

Hook & Hastings, Opus 1823, 1899 - Original Specifications


GREAT                                        COUPLERS (Drawknob)
   8  Open Diapason                 61          Swell to Pedal
   8  Dulciana                      61          Great to Pedal
   4  Octave                        61
                                                Sw. to Gr. Unison
                                                Sw. to Gr. Super 8ᵛᵅ
SWELL (Expressive)
   8  Stop'ᵈ Diapason               61
   8  Viola                   (tc)  49       FOOT LEVERS (Unlabeled)
   4  Flute Harmonique              61          Gt. - Ped.                    (rev)


PEDAL                                        PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   16 Bourdon                       30          Swell Expression             (bal.)


NOTES
This organ was originally built for the Unitarian Church in Sandwich which later
became a Doll Museum.

The organ was rebuilt by the Andover Organ Co. of Methuen, Massachusetts for the
Community of Jesus in Orleans, Massachusetts with tonal changes and additions.

Sources: Andover Organ Co. files


Unitarian Church
Sandwich, Massachusetts

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