Pipe Organ Database

Hook & Hastings (Opus 1117, 1882)

Location:

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic
Center St.
Biddeford, ME US
Organ ID: 14397

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Status and Condition:

This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic 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 Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

Chests: Slider
20 ranks. 1,098 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 19 stops. 18 registers.

Divisions

All:

Chest Type(s): Slider chests
Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.

We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Consoles

Main:

Manuals: 2
Divisions: 3
Stops: 19
Registers: 18
Position: Keydesk attached.
Manual Compass: 58
Pedal Compass: 27
Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
Console Style: Traditional style with a keyboard cover that can be lifted to form a music rack.
Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
Combination Action: Fixed mechanical system.
Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.

We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Notes

Database Manager on September 26, 2007:

Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner.  -- This was a "Style 11" instrument. The 3-sectional facade contains 29 ornately stenciled pipes arranged: 7-[4-7-4]-7. The colors are varying shades of light and dark green with ornate banding and stenciling. The organ was electrified and enlarged on its original chests by James P. Bartholomay & Son of Dorchester, Massachusetts at an unknown time.

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

Database Manager on January 04, 2006:

Updated through on-line information from Robert Faucher.  -- Original H&H slider chests and most pipework incorporated as part of a larger instrument built by Faucher Organ Co.

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

Database Manager on February 17, 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.