Pipe Organ Database

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Hook & Hastings (Opus 2579, 1930)

Location:

First Church of Christ, Scientist / The Nottingham-Spirk Innovation Center
2200 Overlook Rd.
Cleveland, OH 44106 US
Organ ID: 15545

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Church of Christ, Scientist
  • 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 July 23, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Electro-pneumatic (EP)
  • 70 ranks. 4 manuals.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on July 23, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 4
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on July 23, 2018.
Database Manager on September 24, 2008:

Updated through online information from Joe McCabe. -- The building has been remodeled and carved into office space and is now called The Nottingham-Spirk Innovation Center. The organ remains installed at the front of the room. The organ is barely playable via a MIDI player added by an unknown person just following the recent rehab and expansion. The organ sustained damage during construction and is in very rough shape.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on July 23, 2018.
Database Manager on September 24, 2008:

Updated through online information from Joe McCabe.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on July 23, 2018.
Database Manager on December 11, 2007:

Updated through online information from Leek Pipe Organ Company. -- In the 70s the organ was kept up by a group of church members. Following, there was a restoration by the Leek Pipe Organ Company in the original way. However, an unknown builder at some point removed the original console and replaced it with a Klann console. There was a Mixture added and pipes disconnected. John Leek installed new relays in the late 70s.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on July 23, 2018.
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:

Case (side view): Photograph by Rob Gregory (Schantz Organ Company). Taken on 2005-09-08

Pipework: Photograph by Rob Gregory (Schantz Organ Company). Taken on 2005-09-08

Organ Case: Photograph by Rob Gregory (Schantz Organ Company). Taken on 2005-09-08