Pipe Organ Database

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E. & G. G. Hook (Opus S-11, 1865)

Originally Thomas Appleton (1840)
Exhibited in the 1963 OHS convention(s)

Location:

United Baptist Church
67 Foss Street
Biddeford, ME 04005 US
Sanctuary
Organ ID: 3617

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Baptist Churches
  • 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 November 15, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 20 ranks. 1,098 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 16 stops. 18 registers.
Great:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
  • Built by Thomas Appleton
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on July 25, 2022.

Swell (Expressive):
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
  • Built by Thomas Appleton
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on July 25, 2022.

Pedal:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
  • Built by Thomas Appleton
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on July 25, 2022.
Main:
  • Built by Thomas Appleton
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 16
  • Registers: 18
  • Position: Keydesk attached, manuals set into case.
  • Manual Compass: 59
  • Pedal Compass: 25
  • 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 hinged doors that enclose keyboards.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on flat jambs.
  • Combination Action: Fixed mechanical system.
  • Swell Control Type: Trigger/hitch-down swell.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
  • Has Combination Action Foot Trundles
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on July 26, 2022.
Paul R. Marchesano on November 15, 2022:

The First Free Will Baptist Society, one of the two Baptist congregations in Biddeford, moved into this church on Jefferson Street in 1851.

The building was heavily remodeled in 1899. The United Baptist congregation was formed by the union of the Free Will Society and the First Baptist Church of Biddeford in 1931. -- Information from McArthur Public Library Collections web page

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on November 15, 2022.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

The original builder was Thomas Appleton (1840).

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

G Compass organ. Built for Institute for the Blind, South Boston, MA (now, in 1997, Perkins Institute, Watertown, MA). Altered by E. & G. G. Hook. Moved to Shortridge residence, Phippsburg, ME in 1979.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. (Stoplist: OH 1963:19): Open In New Tab Originally published 1963
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on July 25, 2022.

Instrument Images:

Stereopticon card image of the transplanted Appleton in Biddeford: Photograph from an archival source: Maine Historical Society: Maine Memories, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 1856

Building exterior: Photograph from an archival source: Collections of McArthur Public Library, creator: Anastasoff Studio, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano. Taken approx. 1955