Pipe Organ Database

a project of the organ historical society

Hook & Hastings (Opus 1567, 1893)

Location:

First Congregational
27 Church St.
Saint Albans, VT 05478 US
Organ ID: 5377

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Congregational Church
  • The organ has been rebuilt or substantially revised.
  • 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
  • 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 29 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Registers: 29
  • 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: Fixed mechanical system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on July 18, 2013:

Updated through online information from Carl McAliley.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 19, 2007:

Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Actually in an elevated front gallery and recessed into a front chamber with a pipe fence facade of 29 stencilled pipes arranged: 6-3-11-3-6. The oak case has been painted white except for the keydesk. Organ substantially altered tonally, a new pedalboard of greater compass installed, and the Pedal division augmented and electrified by Hale & Alexander of Short Falls, New Hampshire in 1959.

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 1959

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

Altered & enlarged Hale & Alexander 1959, 2-26.

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

Instrument Images:

Church exterior: Photograph by James R. Stettner. Taken on 1988-10-24

Organ facade: Photograph by James R. Stettner. Taken on 1988-10-24

Keydesk: Photograph by James R. Stettner. Taken on 1988-10-24