Pipe Organ Database

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Hook & Hastings (Opus 1487, 1891)

Exhibited in the 1964, 2011 OHS convention(s)

Location:

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church on Capitol Hill
313 2nd Street & C Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002 US
Organ ID: 5292

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ has been restored to a previous state.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on October 31, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 29 ranks. 1,577 pipes. 3 manuals. 25 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: 3
  • Stops: 25
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Paul R. Marchesano on October 31, 2022:

This is the only 3-manual tracker-action organ remaining in the Washington area. It was overhauled and cleaned several years ago by the local Newcomer Organ Co., at which time the reeds were revoiced by M. P. Moller. The swell box has vertical shades and stands above the uninclosed choir division, which is on the same level as the great. The lowest 24 notes of the great have tracker-pneumatic action. Case pipes are great 1 6' open diapason, and this rank has a stopped-wood bass. The doppel flute has no metal trebles. Each reed rank has 9 open metal trebles. The piccolo is harmonic except for its lowest octave. The flue d'amour is of stopped wood with 22 open metal trebles. Basses of the dulciana are offset. -- 1964 OHS Handbook

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on October 31, 2022.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Restored by Bozeman. Cost said to have been $6,000.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
OHS 2011 Convention Atlas and documentation/some from George Bozeman: Open In New Tab Originally published 2011
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on August 14, 2021.

Instrument Images:

Nave, Gallery, and Pipe Facade: Photograph by Len Levasseur. Taken on 2010-11-17

Pipework: Photograph by Dale Gray. Taken on 2015-06-10