Pipe Organ Database

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Hook & Hastings (Opus 2544, 1927)

Location:

Westminster Presbyterian Church
11 Church St. W
Smiths Falls, ON K7a 1P6 CA
Organ ID: 60490

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Presbyterian Churches
  • The organ has been rebuilt or substantially revised.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 5 divisions. 4 manuals.
All:
  • Position: In center chambers at the front of the room. Facade pipes or case front visible.
  • Slider Motors: Pneumatic (EP or TP) slider motors.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 4
  • Divisions: 5
  • Position: Movable console.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: Computerized/Digital system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on December 14, 2017:

Originally built in 1927 for St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia, USA. Replaced by Aeolian-Skinner Op. 1110 (1949) and presumably relocated to Westminster Presbyterian, Smiths Falls, Ontario, about that time.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on August 19, 2017:

Identified through online information from Hugh McLean. -- Updated by Hugh McLean, who has heard or played the organ.

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

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