Pipe Organ Database

a project of the organ historical society

Hook & Hastings (Opus 1142, 1883)

Location:

Presbyterian Church
East Lake and Essex Avenue
Spring Lake Beach, NJ 07762 US
Organ ID: 15219

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Presbyterian Churches
  • The organ has an unknown or unreported status.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on December 17, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 2 manuals. 18 registers.
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Registers: 18
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Paul R. Marchesano on December 17, 2022:

From the Spring Lake Historical Society website: "The Hook and Hastings organ costing $2,000 was a donation by Mrs. Dickson and her lady friends, as was a 1,500 pound bell from George Griffiths."

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on December 17, 2022.
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.

Instrument Images:

Church exterior, postcard: Photograph from an archival source: Spring Lake Historical Society, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano. Taken approx. c. 1940s