Pipe Organ Database

a project of the organ historical society

Hook & Hastings (1950s)

Originally Hook & Hastings (Opus 1425, 1889)

Location:

Fletcher's Chapel United Methodist Church
Fletcher's Chapel Road
Durham, NC US
Sanctuary
Organ ID: 15512

Update This Entry

Status and Condition:

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

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 9 ranks. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 9 stops. 17 registers.
All:
  • Position: In side 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: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 9
  • Registers: 17
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • 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: No combination action.
  • 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.
Database Manager on October 13, 2015:

Updated through online information from John Igoe. -- corrected name of 1950 builder.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on May 02, 2010:

Updated through online information from Kristin Farmer. -- This organ was moved from the Presbyterian Church in Winston to Fletcher's Chapel in the 1930s, so it is one and the same organ. The opus list makes it appear that there were 2 organs. Please note the opus # is 1425. It was set up in the original Fletchers Chapel building, then removed and stored in a barn. It was reinstalled in the new Fletcher's Chapel in 1950 or 1951. This is when it was altered by "untubing" the facade and making it now tubular with valves. The case was altered a bit, and then pickled yellow. The facade pipes are now faux something yellow.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on April 29, 2010:

Updated through online information from Kristin Farmer. -- The organ is playable and used every Sunday. It was altered a bit in the 1950s. All alterations can be returned to original design. Discussions are now ongoing for its complete restoration.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on March 01, 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:

The database contains no images for this instrument. If you have some, please share them using the update entry button on this page.