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E. & G. G. Hook Opus 254 (1859)

Church of the Unity (Unitarian)
West Newton Street
Boston, MA

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

Images

c. 1859-1860 - This lithograph shows front and side views of the Church of the Unity. The church was designed by Thomas Silloway, 1857-59; demolished 1890s (Photograph from an archival source: Historic New England website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
3 manuals
30 stops
32 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Trigger/Hitch-Down Expression
Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - Rebuilt and enlarged by E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings in 1870. Relocated to Zion Lutheran Church in 1898 by Hutchings. -Database Manager

2008-09-17 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The Swell was from tenor C and likely had an unenclosed Std. Diapason Bass. The Swell shutters were horizontal and operated by hitch-down/ratchet. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed specification Source: from Boston Organ Club Newsletter (March 1969) Date not recorded

Boston, Massachusetts
Church of the Unity (Unitarian)

E. & G. G. Hook   Opus 254   1859   3 manuals, 32 registers, 30 stops, 33 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN                           SWELL ORGAN
      8' Open Diapason           56        16' Bourdon                 56
      8' Melodia (TF)            39         8' Open Diapason           56
      8' Std. Diapason Bass      17         8' Keraulophon             56
      4' Principal               56         8' Std. Diapason           56
  2 2/3' Twelfth                 56         4' Principal               56
      2' Fifteenth               56         4' Violin                  56
         Sesquialtera II        112         2' Fifteenth               56
         Mixture II             112            Dulciana Cornet II     112
      8' Trumpet                 56         8' Trumpet                 56
                                            8' Hautboy (TC)            44
         CHOIR ORGAN (unenclosed)           8' Vox Humana              56
      8' Open Diapason           44*           Tremulant
      8' Viol d'Amour            56
      8' Dulciana (TC)           44            PEDAL
      8' Clarabella (TC)         32**      16' Double Open Diapason    27
      8' Std. Diap. Treble (TC)  44        16' Double Std. Diapason    27
      8' Std. Diapason Bass      12         8' Violoncello             27
      4' Celestina               56
      4' Flute a' Chimnee [sic]  56
      8' Clarionet (TC)          44
      *  1-12 Std. Diap. Bass                  PEDAL MOVEMENTS
     **  13-24 Std. Diap. Treble               Great Piano
                                               Great Forte
         COUPLERS                              Swell Piano
         Swell to Great                        Swell Forte
         Swell to Choir                        Swell Pedal
         Choir to Great Sub Octaves
         Great to Pedal (hitch-down pedal)     MECHANICALS
         Choir to Pedal                        Pedal Check
         Swell to Pedal                        Bellows Signal

         MECHANICALS
         Pedal Check
         Bellows Signal


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-12-01]

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