Pipe Organ Database

a project of the organ historical society

Hale & Alexander (1959)

Originally Hook & Hastings (Opus 1567, 1894)
Exhibited in the 2013 OHS convention(s)

Location:

First Congregational
27 Church St.
Saint Albans, VT 05478 US
Organ ID: 29826

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Congregational Church
  • The organ has an unknown or unreported status.
  • 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
  • 26 ranks. 1,472 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 27 stops. 22 registers.
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.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 27
  • Registers: 22
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 58
  • Pedal Compass: 30
  • 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.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on October 19, 2007:

Substantial tonal revision and expansion of existing 1893 Hook & Hastings, Opus 1567. Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Great somewhat altered. Swell substantially altered. Pedal electrified. 30-note pedalboard replacing original 27-note pedalboard. Existing Pedal 16' Subbass unified to 8' & 4'. Added Pedal 8' Principal unified to 4' & 2'. Manual-to-Pedal couplers stil mechancial and for the original 27 notes.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist from the 2013 OHS Convention handbook
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Church exterior: Photograph by James R. Stettner. Taken on 1988-10-24

Organ façade: Photograph by James R. Stettner. Taken on 1988-10-24

Keydesk: Photograph by James R. Stettner. Taken on 1988-10-24

Chancel and organ in gallery: Photograph by Len Levasseur, 2012, for the 2013 OHS Convention.