Pipe Organ Database

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Unknown Builder (1931)

Originally Hook & Hastings (Opus 1165, 1883)

Location:

Holy Spirit Catholic Church
227 3rd St.
Two Harbors, MN 55616 US
Sanctuary; rear gallery
Organ ID: 5047

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ is unaltered 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 Jim Stettner on September 02, 2021.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 14 ranks. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 14 stops. 15 registers.
Great:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Hook & Hastings
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on September 02, 2021.

Swell (Expressive):
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Hook & Hastings
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on September 02, 2021.

Pedal:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Hook & Hastings
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on September 02, 2021.
Main:
  • Built by Hook & Hastings
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 14
  • Registers: 15
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 58
  • Pedal Compass: 27
  • 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.
  • Has Combination Action Foot Trundles
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on September 02, 2021.
Jim Stettner on September 02, 2021:

The 'History' page of the parish website states, "The interior was completed in 1930 with the addition also of a Church hall and kitchen. The following year saw the addition of a bell tower, a gift of Mrs. John Dwan. Also that year, a Hook and Hastings pipe organ was donated by Mr. Martin Muth, a parishioner."

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on September 02, 2021.
Database Manager on September 22, 2017:

Updated by Matt Arnold, who has heard or played the organ.
The organ is in good working condition.

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

Status Note: There 1977

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

Restored Lurth 1977. 9/93 form. [This opus number on the Hook list for State Inst. for the Blind, Austin, TX (2-20s). The Pilcher ledger indicates that Pilcher installed a used H & H from the Institute for the Blind, Austin, TX at Bethlehem Evangelical, 6th & Hill, Louisville, KY in 1918. Where did Lurth get this instrument? Directly from Austin? Or via several moves?]

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Stoplist taken from the keydesk: Open In New Tab Originally published December 30, 2014
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on November 01, 2021.

Instrument Images:

Builder's Nameplate: Photograph by Velda Bell. Taken on 2014-12-30

Keydesk: Photograph by Velda Bell. Taken on 2014-12-30

Pedalboard, Foot Levers, and Swell Pedal: Photograph by Velda Bell. Taken on 2014-12-30

Organ Case and Console (cover closed): Photograph by Velda Bell. Taken on 2014-12-30

Balcony and Organ Case: Photograph by Velda Bell. Taken on 2014-12-30

Pipes: Photograph by Rosemary Guiney. Taken approx. 05/02/2021

Organ in rear gallery during sanctuary renovation: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2019-02-04

Church exterior; facade: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2018-11-21

Great & Pedal stopjamb: Photograph by Rosemary Guiney. Taken on 2021-10-28

Swell & Coupler stopjamb: Photograph by Rosemary Guiney. Taken on 2021-10-28