Pipe Organ Database

Parsons Organ Co. (Opus 10, 1995)

Originally Hook & Hastings (Opus 2020, 1904)

Location:

First Lutheran Church
400 Main Street
Watsontown, PA 17777 US
Organ ID: 15821

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Status and Condition:

This instrument's location type is: Lutheran Churches
The organ is unaltered 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: Slider
23 ranks. 1,313 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 32 stops.

Divisions

All:

Chest Type(s): Slider chests
Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear 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: 32
Position: Console in fixed position, center.
Key Action: Mechanical connection with pneumatic assists (i.e., Barker levers, etc.).
Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
Stop Controls: Tilting/rocking tablets above top manual.
Combination Action: 'Hold and Set' pneumatic/mechanical system.
Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
Has Crescendo Pedal
Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons

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

Notes

Database Manager on November 20, 2008:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.  -- Three-sectional facade with 29 pipes arranged: 7-3-9-3-7. Source: builder's website.

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

Database Manager on April 16, 2008:

Updated through online information from Constance Fladland.  -- Rebuild of 1904 Hook & Hastings, Opus 2020. Parsons added 32 levels of memory and a transposer.

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.