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Hook & Hastings (1888)

Location:

Washington Presbyterian Church
Washington, GA 30673 US
Organ ID: 5216

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Presbyterian Churches
  • 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 Database Manager on June 25, 2019.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 10 ranks. 2 manuals. 16 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a floor-level case at the rear of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on June 25, 2019.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Stops: 16
  • 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: No combination action.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, not in standard AGO position.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on June 25, 2019.
Database Manager on June 25, 2019:

Updated by Moore Steven, who maintains the organ. 8’ Salicional and 8’ Voix Celeste TC, added to Swell by W.Zimmer & Sons, Charlotte, NC
Unknown Great stop changed to 2’ Fifteenth by W.Zimmer & Sons.
Submitted by Steven B. Moore,
Foothills Pipe Organ,
Greenville, SC

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on June 26, 2019.

Instrument Images:

Church exterior: Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. before 1923

Organ case with stenciled facade at back of sanctuary: Photograph by Achinta Barai, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2022-05-04

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