Pipe Organ Database

Hook & Hastings (Opus 1159, 1883)

Location:

First Congregational Church
Portland, OR US
Organ ID: 15600

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Status and Condition:

This instrument's location type is: Congregational Church
The organ has been relocated.
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: Slider
19 ranks. 1,040 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 19 stops. 17 registers.

Divisions

All:

Chest Type(s): Slider chests
Position: In a case at the front of the room.

We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Consoles

Main:

Manuals: 2
Divisions: 3
Stops: 19
Registers: 17
Position: Keydesk attached.
Manual Compass: 58
Pedal Compass: 27
Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
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: Fixed mechanical system.
Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons

We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Notes

Database Manager on March 01, 2007:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.  -- 3-sectional facade with 27 pipes arranged: 5-17-5. 13 "tomato can" dummies behind/above center flat. Pipes ornately stenciled. Stenciled Bourdon pipes form the sides of the case. Relocated to the new building on Park St. in 1891.

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).