Hook & Hastings
Opus 1171, 1883
First Church Unitarian Universalist
John Eliot Square
Boston (Roxbury), MA, US
39 Ranks - 2,150 Pipes
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
3 Manuals (58 Notes)27 Note Pedal4 Divisions34 Stops42 RegistersMechanical With Pneumatic Assists Key ActionMechanical Stop Action✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
Exhibited in the 2000 OHS convention(s)
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Updated by Scot Huntington, who maintains the organ. The Swell Stopped Diapason 8', 58 pipes, has been omitted from the stoplist below [corrected 2021-02-07]. In May 2019, the organ has been removed for a full restoration by S.L. Huntington & Co. The organ will be out for approximately two years while the interior of the historic building undergoes a complete restoration.
Database Manager on September 17th, 2008:
Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- 3-sectional facade with 33 stenciled pipes arranged: 7-[6-7-6-]-7.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 2000.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Barker lever to Great and its couplers. Wind pressure 2 3/4, Pedal and Barker 3 1/4. The Churchin this building, previously had an 1821 Appleton, replaced by an 1850 Wm. B. D. Simmons. Water damaged in a 1982 fire. Repaired 1992-1994 by George Bozeman & Co., Lahaise & Co., and S. L. Huntington & Co. Reopened 24 Oct 1993. (44 stops on Opus list.)
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