E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings
Opus 1045, 1881
Industrial Exposition Building
500 West Kilbourn Avenue
Milwaukee, WI, US
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Unknown
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: Unknown
Features:
4 Manuals 58 RegistersStop Layout: Unknown
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
The 1881 building was destroyed by fire in 1905, four years after the organ had been removed. The Milwaukee Auditorium was built on the site, later renamed the Milwaukee Theatre and now (2026) known as the Miller High Life Theatre.
Christian Tedesco on March 14th, 2026:
According to the 2025 OHS atlas, the original specification was near identical to that of the organ produced for the 1876 centennial exhibiton in Philadelphia.
Database Manager on August 10th, 2013:
Installed in Immanuel Presbyterian Church in 1901. Later rebuilt there by Wangerin and others. New console and work by Fabry in 2005 and 2009.
Database Manager on March 1st, 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).
Related Instrument Entries: Wangerin Organ Co. (Opus 466, 1926) , Fabry, Inc. (2005) , Unknown Builder (1901)
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