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Hook & Hastings (Opus 1980, 1902)

Originally M. P. Möller (1893)

Location:

First Presbyterian Church
Delaware Avenue and Sixteenth Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202 US
Sanctuary
Organ ID: 14290

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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 unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on January 30, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider with pneumatic pull-downs (externally, EP or TP)
  • 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 27 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider with pneumatic pull-downs (externally, EP or TP) chests
  • Position: In center chambers at the front of the room. Facade pipes or case front visible.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Registers: 27
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 30
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Paul R. Marchesano on January 30, 2023:

For the new church, the congregation returned to the Hook firm, known then of course as Hook & Hastings, to rebuild, enlarge, and install the organ from the old church as its opus 1980. The electric-action organ had stopknob control. Manual compass was fifty-eight notes (CC-a3); pedal (flat pedalboard) compass was twenty-seven notes (CC-d'). Initially the organ had a water motor.

The water motor was replaced by a Kinetic blower in December 1913 at a cost of $231.00, installed by Thomas H. Mielke of Indianapolis. It was designed for 3½" wind pressure.

In 1922 an anonymous donor provided funds for rebuilding the organ. This work was carried out by Mielke, who changed the pitch from concert to international, added a set of Chimes, a Vox Humana, and an Aeoline, and provided a new generator. -- 2007 OHS Atlas

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on January 30, 2023.
Database Manager on May 14, 2016:

Rebuild and tonal changes in 1922 by Mielke; replaced in 1957 by 3/50 Moller Op. 9018.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on April 11, 2005:

Hook moved the church's previous 1871 E. & G. G. Hook, Op. 614 to a new building and reconstructed it. [ed.: not completely accurate, as Moller rebuilt that 1872 organin 1893, the degree to which is not completely clear.]

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on January 30, 2023.
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 Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist copied from <i>OHS Organ Atlas 2007</i>
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

The Hook & Hastings organ in a 1923 photograph: Photograph from an archival source: 2007 OHS Atlas, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano. Taken approx. 1923

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