Pipe Organ Database

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E. & G. G. Hook (Opus 614, 1872)

Location:

First Presbyterian Church
N. Pennsylvania Street & E. New York Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204 US
Organ ID: 14289

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Presbyterian Churches
  • The organ has been rebuilt or substantially revised.
  • The organ's condition is not playable.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on January 29, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 2 manuals. 26 registers.
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Registers: 26
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Paul R. Marchesano on January 29, 2023:

First Church purchased its first pipe organ of record from E. & G.G. Hook of Boston, Massachusetts, in 1872. The instrument, opus 614, of two manuals, twenty-six registers, cost $7,000 and was publicly tested on February 26, 1872, by Professor Caulfield of Saint Paul Episcopal Cathedral of Indianapolis (no longer the cathedral). -- 2007 OHS Atlas

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on January 29, 2023.
Database Manager on April 11, 2005:

Rebuilt by Hook & Hastings in 1902 as their Op. 1980.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on February 16, 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 Paul R. Marchesano on January 29, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Organ installed at front of room: Photograph from an archival source: 2007 OHS Atlas, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano. Taken approx. after 1872

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