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Hook & Hastings (Opus 1533, 1892)

Exhibited in the 1966 OHS convention(s)

Location:

First Congregational Church
329 Main Street
Yarmouth Port, MA 02675 US
Organ ID: 5351

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Congregational Church
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • 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
  • 9 ranks. 467 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 9 stops. 11 registers.
Great:
  • 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 March 25, 2022.

Swell (Expressive):
  • 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 March 25, 2022.

Pedal:
  • 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 March 25, 2022.
Main:
  • Built by Hook & Hastings
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 9
  • Registers: 11
  • 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.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on March 25, 2022.
Database Manager on April 30, 2016:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.
This is a Hook Catalogue size Number 6, whose catalogue price is given as $1,500.00.

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

Status Note: There 1976.

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

This entry represents the installation of a new organ. The Hook list shows the city as Yarmouth Port. Rebuilt Andover 1976, 2-12.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on March 25, 2022.
Andover Organ Company files: Open In New Tab Original document from Matthew M Bellocchio. Originally published 2017-04-04
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on March 25, 2022.

Instrument Images:

Church exterior: Photograph from an archival source: Digital Commonwealth: Massachusetts Collections Online, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 1890's

Organ in front of sanctuary: Photograph from an archival source: Andover Organ Co. Fall Newsletter - 2015, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. 2015

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