Williams Organ Service
Originally Hook & Hastings (Opus 1425, 1889)
St. Rita Parish (Catholic)
Rear Gallery
158 Mammoth Rd.
Lowell, MA, US
10 Ranks
Instrument ID: 68736 ● Builder ID: 6768 ● Location ID: 59512
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown Builder
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note PedalElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ CrescendoStop Layout: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: None
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
from "Organs of Greater Lowell" by Robert J. Reich
St. Rita's RC. Shrine, organized 1912 as St. Columba's R.C.Church, 162 Mammouth Rd., name changed 1925.
Organ: Hook & Hastings #1425, 1889, 2m, 17reg., 10r, from New Presbyterian, Winston, N.C., electrified by ?; not in use for many years but repaired and again in use since c1994 having miraculously survived two electronic substitutes. One of two organs in R.C. churches in Lowell still in regular use.
Related Instrument Entries: Hook & Hastings (Opus 1425, 1889)
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