Hook & Hastings (Opus 1418, 1889)

Exhibited in the 1966 OHS convention(s)

Location:

First Baptist Church
62 Route 28
West Harwich, MA 02671 US
Organ ID: 5248

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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 March 16, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 14 ranks. 738 pipes. 2 manuals. 20 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Stops: 20
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Paul R. Marchesano on March 16, 2022:

The building was erected about 1840 but was considerably altered in later years. The organ stands in a large recess behind the pulpit platfor,m and a few years ago its appearance was "improved" by adding two flats of dummy wood pipes at each side. The original three flats on an oak paneling contain 17 basses of the Open Diapason and the lowest 2 Dulciana pipes. At the left are the exposed Flöte pipes and on the right is the Pedal Bourdon. The Great Bourdon is of stopped wood; the Viola has 7 stopped zinc basses; the Stopped Diapason has 9 open wood trebles; the Harmonic Flute is of open wood, harmonic from Middle C; the Oboe has 9 flue trebles; the Bassoon has the only mitered pipes in the organ. -- 1966 OHS Handbook

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on March 16, 2022.

Database Manager on January 19, 2008:

Updated through information from Scot Huntington: "On reflection, it is probably best to continue referring to Harwich as 1418, but the number 1417 appears in multiple places within this instrument, and 1418 only once. The number 1417 is also written on a few structural parts, but 1418 appears nowhere but on the Oboe. Otherwise, the rest of the internal graffiti refers to the organ as Harwich. (It is also not outside the realm of possibility the opus list is wrong regarding these two organs.)"

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on March 16, 2022.

Database Manager on January 16, 2008:

Relocated to St. Anne's church and enlarged by S. L. Huntington Organs, 2007.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
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We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Paul R. Marchesano on March 16, 2022.

Instrument Images:

Organ: Photograph by Scot Huntington. Taken on 2006-01-08

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