Pipe Organ Database

Hook & Hastings (Opus 1869, 1900)

Location:

Methodist Episcopal
Washington & Fountain Avenues
Old Orchard Beach, ME 04064 US
Organ ID: 5600

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Status and Condition:

This instrument's location type is: Methodist Churches
The organ has been altered from its original state.
The organ's condition needs attention, but in usable condition.

We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

Chests: Slider
7 ranks. 393 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 8 stops. 7 registers.

Divisions

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.

Consoles

Main:

Manuals: 2
Divisions: 3
Stops: 8
Registers: 7
Position: Keydesk attached.
Manual Compass: 61
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.
Has Hitchdown Couplers

We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Notes

Database Manager on December 07, 2011:

Updated through online information from John T Sullivan.  -- The organ sounds very good in the room.  There are no dead notes or ciphers, and the design was well thought out for this installation.  The action has become loose and somewhat uneven, but it is a well integrated small instrument.  The church's plans for its future seem a bit uncertain; one parishioner took it upon herself to have the sanctuary spruced up and the organ tuned and repaired (minor work actually) for an upcoming concert.

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

Database Manager on September 27, 2007:

Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner.  -- This is essentially a Size No. 5 organ with a 61 rather 58-note manual compass. the organ is free-standing and encased, but recessed into a chamber on the front, left corner of the sanctuary. The case is quarter-sawn oak, and the facade contains 17 decorated pipes - of which 16 are the unenclosed bass of the Great 8' Open Diapason. All remaining manual pipework is under expression. The organ has an unlabeled, reversible foot lever which registers the Great 8' Open Diapason. The organ was tonally altered by the Andover Organ Co. in 1971 as their R-140.

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

Database Manager on October 30, 2004: