E. & G. G. Hook
Opus 64, 1845

Tremont Temple Baptist Church

1st Building

88 Tremont Street
Boston, MA, US

Instrument ID: 14564 ● Builder ID: 1834 ● Location ID: 9700
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Builder: E. & G. G. Hook
Position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
3 Manuals (59 Notes)27 Note Pedal4 Divisions34 Stops37 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action
Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Expression Type: Trigger/Hitch-Down Expression
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location

Paul R. Marchesano on October 5th, 2025:
Building burned in 1852
Database Manager on December 15th, 2015:
Updated through online information from Clyde Baker. <br>With reference to Bush, Douglas Earl, and Richard Kassel. The organ: an encyclopedia. New York: Routledge, 2006. 259. Print, states "In 1845 they produced their first concert hall organ in the Tremont Temple in Boston which later burned." implying the organ was destroyed.
Database Manager on February 26th, 2005:
Identified from company publications as edited and expanded in *The Hook Opus List 1829-1935*, ed. William T. Van Pelt (Organ Historical Society, 1991). 44 registers

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