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Hook & Hastings (Opus 1247, 1885)

Location:

Columbus Ave. A.M.E. Zion Church
600 Columbus Avenue
Boston, MA 02118 US
Sanctuary
Organ ID: 5117

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: African Methodist Episcopal Church
  • 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 Jim Stettner on September 25, 2020.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 14 ranks. 750 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 14 stops. 15 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
  • Built by Hook & Hastings
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on September 25, 2020.
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 Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on September 25, 2020.
Database Manager on March 04, 2010:

Updated through on-line information from Richard W. Hill. -- Originally bought by Edward S. Goulston for Temple Adath Israel 1131 Tremont Street, Boston

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on April 03, 2008:

Updated through on-line information from Don Olson. -- Great to Pedal reversible

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

[This opus number is on the Hook list for Temple Adath Israel, Boston, MA.]

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Stoplist copied from the keydesk: Open In New Tab Originally published May, 1988
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on September 25, 2020.

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