Pipe Organ Database

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Hope-Jones Organ Co. (1908)

Location:

Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association
21 Pilgrim Pathway
Ocean Grove, NJ 07756 US
The Great Auditorium
Organ ID: 19557

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Auditoriums and Concert Halls
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on December 02, 2021.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: EP unit
  • 14 ranks. 1,215 pipes. 5 divisions. 4 manuals. 83 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): EP unit chests
  • Position: In center 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: 4
  • Divisions: 5
  • Stops: 83
  • Position: Console in fixed position, center.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Horseshoe style console.
  • Stop Controls: Stop keys in horseshoe curves.
  • Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard.
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on July 26, 2011:

Updated through online information from Steven E. Lawson. -- The stop count does not include prepared-for ranks

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on July 10, 2010:

Updated through online information from Neil Carlson. -- 7 ranks added winter of 2009-2010. 5 are from other organs, 2 are new. New total, 183 ranks.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on June 11, 2009:

Updated through online information from George Nelson.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on July 02, 2008:

Updated through online information from Paul Marchesano. -- A new Gallery division consisting of 15 ranks of pipes built by A.R. Schopp's Sons, Alliance, Ohio, was installed beginning in September 2007, located in the rear gallery of the auditorium, 300 feet from the main organ. The organ currently stands at 176 ranks, 10,823 pipes. It will be premiered on the centennial of the original dedication in a concert on July 3, 2008.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 22, 2005:

The instrument's components were rebuilt in 1934 and again in 1969. Between 1974 and 2004 the organ has been greatly enlarged to include over 9,000 pipes (165 ranks). Console (rebuilt) is the orginial Aeolian console from the famous Longwood Gardens organ, Kennet Square, Pennsylvania.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist copied from builder brochure
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

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