2005-07-13 - Organ gallery (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)
OHS convention: 2005
2004-10-30 - The original builder was E & G. G. Hook (1859, Opus254). -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Relocated from All Saints Lutheran, Boston, MA. Restored by Andover. -Database Manager
2008-09-17 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Originally the organ had no casework or facade. Those were added when the organ was moved ca. 1896-98 by Geo. S. Hutchings. The Great to Pedal coupler is on a reversible foot lever that is not original. The Swell to Pedal coupler took the place of the original Great to Pedal drawknob. The organ was removed from its second home in 1979 by the Andover Organ Co. and placed in storage pending finding a home in another Boston-area church. It was removed from storage in Jan. 1982 with restoration and installation continuing through November. The front of the swellbox was fitted with a larger set of expression louvers to replace the originals which were not enlarged when the Swell was expanded to full-compass in 1870 by the original builder in its original home. The organ was dedicated in its new (3rd) home on November 21, 1982 by Stephen E. Long. Sources: extant organ documented May 1988; Andover Organ Co. files, dedication program notes by Robert C. Newton. -Database Manager
From Andover Organ Co. 1982 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
E. & G.G. Hook Opus 254, 1859 Great: unenclosed 8' Open Diapason 8' Melodia (TF) 39 pipes 8' Stopped Diapason Bass 17 pipes 4' Principal 2 2/3' Twelfth 2' Fifteenth II Sesquialtera 112 pipes II Mixture 112 pipes 8' Trumpet Swell: enclosed 16' Bourdon 8' Open Diapason 8' Keraulophon 8' Stopped Diapason 4' Principal 4' Violin 2' Fifteenth II Dulciana Cornet 112 pipes 8' Trumpet 56 pipes 8' Hautboy (TC-44 pipes) 8' Vox Humana 56 pipes Choir: unenclosed 8' Open Diapason 44 pipes 8' Viol d'amour 56 pipes 8' Dulciana 44 pipes 8' Clarabella (TC- 32 pipes) 8' Stopped Diapason treble (TC- 44) 8' Stopped Diapason bass 12 pipes 4' Celestina 4' Flute a'cheminee 8' Clarionet (TC-44) Pedal: 16' Double Open Diapason (27 pipes on all stops) 16' Double Stopped Diapason 8' Violincello Couplers: SW/GT SW/CH CH/GT (sub-octave) GT/PED (Hitchdown) SW/PED CH/PED [Received from Oliver J. Finch 2014-02-03.]
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