2023-03-15 - Church exterior (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2012-03-01 - Facade (Photograph by Christopher Greenleaf/Database Manager)
2004-10-30 - The original builder was E. & G. G. Hook (1851, Opus123). -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1990 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Rebuild of Hook/Hutchings/Woodberry & Harris/Laws. -Database Manager
2007-06-04 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This was the rebuilding and re-trackerization of the much rebuilt 1851 Hook. It had been rebuilt by Hutchings as his Op. 360 in 1895 with new framework, new chests, and most of the original pipework retained. An electric chancel console played both the gallery organ and Hucthings' opus 359 (a 2-man. installed at the same time in the left transept). Woodberry did something with the organ in 1905...possibly an improvement to the electric action, but w/o tonal changes. William W. Laws provided a new console in 1951, again, without tonal changes. The Andover work consisted of a new attached keydesk influenced by the Hook style. Hutchings chests were retained. Hook case retained. All extant Hook & Hutchings pipework was retained, and the Hook pipework was returned to its original function. Other used Hook, Hutchings, Johnson, Skinner, and Andover pipework completed the tonal design. The original 1951 Hook key frames were found in a tower room behind the organ. Sources: Extant organ, Andover files (I was an employee at the time and helped to rebuild and install this organ). -Database Manager
2022-08-12 - The cathedral was closed in 2012 due to structural issues and declining attendance. -Jeff Scofield
Stoplist from <i>The American Organist</i>, February 1991 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Providence, Rhode Island
Cathedral Church of st. John (Episcopal)
Andover Organ Company Opus R279 1989 3 manuals, 37 stops, 47 ranks
Retrackerized and enlarged E. & G.G. Hook (1851, Opus 123)
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Double Open Diapason 61 16' Double Stopped Diapason 61
8' Open Diapason 61 8' Open Diapason 61
8' Stopped Diapason 61 8' Viol di Gamba 61
4' Principal 61 8' Gamba Celeste (TC) 49
4' Wald Flute 61 8' Stopped Diapason 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 4' Principal 61
2' Fifteenth 61 4' Night Horn 61
1 3/5' Tierce 61 2' Piccolo 61
Sesquialtera III-IV 232? Cornet III 183
Mixture III 183 Mixture III 183
8' Trumpet 61 16' Double Hautboy 61
8' Trumpet 61
CHOIR ORGAN 4' Clarion I-II ?
8' Open Diapason 61 Tremolo
8' Dulciana 61
8' Stopped Diapason 61 PEDAL ORGAN
4' Principal 61 16' Double Open Diapason 32
4' Flute 61 16' Double Dulciana 32
2' Fifteenth 61 16' Double Stopped Diapason 44
1 1/3' Larigot 61 8' Open Diapason 44
8' Clarinet 61 8' Stopped Diapason (ext) --
4' Principal (ext) --
16' Double Trumpet 44
8' Trumpet (ext) --
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2016-01-29]
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