E. & G. G. Hook
Opus 553, 1870
First Unitarian Church
Woburn, MA, US
45 Ranks - 2,372 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 Divisions51 StopsMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop ActionStop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Trigger/Hitch-Down Expression
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
Exhibited in the 1978 OHS convention(s)
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ had a unique Carrillons [sic] stop on the Solo - which was a set of 29, 2' metal bars, struck by piano hammers. Their compass was: tenor G thru b 36. This stop was playable without wind, and was the oldest percussion stop in the nation. The Great had a pneumatic assist controlled by On and Off pistons in the Great keyslip. The swell expression louvers was a double set of horizontal shutters.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Church closed. Organ removed 1992 by OCH for shipment to Germany for installation in St. Thomas-Kirche, Berlin.
Related Instrument Entries: Eule Orgelbau (1991)
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