Pipe Organ Database

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Hook & Hastings (Opus 1534, 1892)

Location:

Saugatuck Congregational Church
Westport, CT US
Organ ID: 14149

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Congregational Church
  • The organ is no longer at this location; destroyed, dispersed, relocated or taken in trade.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 2 manuals. 17 registers.
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Registers: 17
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on August 28, 2016:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.
The 'History' page of the church website states, "Music was provided by a bass violin and later a hand-pumped organ until1892, when a pipe organ operated by water was installed. This organ was later adapted to electric power and served until 1960 when a 3-manual Austin pipe organ was donated by Gertrude Hotchkiss Heyn in memory of her mother."

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on February 15, 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).

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

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