Pipe Organ Database

a project of the organ historical society

Hook & Hastings (Opus 1306, 1886)

Location:

First Unitarian Church
S.W. 12th Avenue at Salmon Street
Portland, OR 97205 US
Former sanctuary
Organ ID: 15601

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Unitarian, Universalist, Unitarian-Universalist
  • The organ has been relocated.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on April 22, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 20 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Registers: 20
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • 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.
  • 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 July 04, 2015:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- In 1923, this organ was relocated to the former edifice of Augustana Lutheran Church in Portland by an unknown person or firm. The likely candidate for this is the Guenther Organ Co. of Portland who also moved the former Hook & Hastings from Trinity Episcopal to St. David's Episcopal and electrified it.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on June 23, 2007:

Updated through on-line information from Joe O'Donnell. -- Building sold after new sanctuary constructed on different site, eventually demolished.

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:

Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Organ Case: (between 1886 & 1923) Church History "A Time to Build"; image courtesy of Joe O'Donnell.