Pipe Organ Database

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Hook & Hastings (Opus 1523, 1892)

Location:

Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church
Westerly, RI 02891 US
Organ ID: 5338

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ has been relocated.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 2 manuals. 18 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: 18
  • 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.
Jeff Scofield on July 10, 2021:

From the September 1970 issue of THE DIAPASON: Opus 1523 was originally built for Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Westerly, Rhode Island, in 1892. It was dismantled in early 1969 by Michael Houseman and Alan Laufman, director of the Organ Clearing House. Richard C. Hamar, New Hartford, Connecticut, installed it in the contemporary Action church with assistance from the dismantlers and volunteers from the church. The installation included cleaning and regulation of the pipework, new aluminum trackers, a new blower and other minor repairs. The principal chorus was revoiced and brightened; more extensive tonal changes are planned when additional funds permit. The casework was refinished by men of the church. Peter Waring played the dedication recital June 22, 1969.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jeff Scofield on July 10, 2021.
Database Manager on October 16, 2017:

"A small two-manual organ built by Messrs. Hook & Hastings, of Boston, has been erected in the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Westerly, R.I., and is arranged to show a stained glass window over a depression in the centre of the instrument, making the design very effective in the church." The Organ, June 1892

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

Relocated to Good Shepherd Episcopal, Acton, MA. Church closed.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Taken from THE DIAPASON September 1970: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jeff Scofield on July 10, 2021.

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