Pipe Organ Database

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Hook & Hastings (Opus 2385, 1916)

Location:

First Baptist Church
565 Washington St.
Whitman, MA 02382 US
Sanctuary; front
Organ ID: 14991

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Baptist Churches
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jeff Scofield on August 08, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 14 ranks. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 14 stops.
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Built by Hook & Hastings
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 14
  • Position: Console in fixed position, center.
  • Key Action: Tubular-pneumatic connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Tubular-pneumatic connection between stop control and chest.
We received the most recent update for this console from Jeff Scofield on August 08, 2023.
Jim Stettner on March 18, 2023:

The church held its last service in June 29, 2009.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on March 18, 2023.
Database Manager on February 28, 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 Jim Stettner on March 18, 2023.
From THE DIAPASON January 1917: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jeff Scofield on August 08, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Church exterior: Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 1930

Sanctuary interior with twin organ cases in front: Photograph from an archival source: The Patriot Ledger, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. June 2009

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