Pipe Organ Database

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Hook & Hastings (Opus 2500, 1924)

Location:

St. Henry's Catholic Church
82 W 29th St.
Bayonne, NJ 07002 US
Organ ID: 15172

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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 Jeff Scofield on December 09, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 38 ranks. 2,543 pipes. 6 divisions. 4 manuals. 36 stops. 43 registers.
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 4
  • Divisions: 6
  • Stops: 36
  • Registers: 43
  • Position: Console in fixed position, center.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
We received the most recent update for this console from Jeff Scofield on December 09, 2022.
Database Manager on December 04, 2006:

Rebuilt and revised by Peragallo and Konzelman successively.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
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 Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
From THE DIAPASON August 1924: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jeff Scofield on December 09, 2022.

Instrument Images:

Church Exterior: Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1919).

Organ in rear gallery: Photograph from an archival source: Hook Organs; pub. by OHS Press, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 1924

Organ case and facade: Photograph from an archival source: Hook Organs; pub. by OHS Press, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 1924

Church exterior: Photograph by Henry, via Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2006-08-14

Church extrior: Photograph by Raul Gaviola, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2020-05-23

Church interior to front: Photograph by Frank McGady, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2022-06-12