Pipe Organ Database

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A. David Moore Co., Organbuilders (2016)

Originally E. & G. G. Hook (Opus 304, 1861)

Location:

Hammond Street Congregational Church
28 High Street
Bangor, ME 04401 US
Sanctuary; rear gallery
Organ ID: 60702

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Congregational Church
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on March 17, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 33 ranks. 2 manuals. 28 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: 28
  • Manual Compass: 56
  • Pedal Compass: 27
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on November 17, 2017:

This is a new home for an organ that was altered when it was moved from another location.
Identified by James R. Stettner, who gave this as the source of the information: A printed article from the Bangor Daily News dated March 26, 2016; verification with related OHS Database entries..
This was the relocation and restoration of Hook opus 304, 1861 originally built for Eighth Methodist/Tremont Street Methodist (New Hope Baptist at time of removal) in Boston, Massachusetts, and installed inside the extant case of Hammond Street Congregational Church's original 1854 E. & G.G. Hook, opus 159.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Copied form detailed photos of the stop jambs; additional notes from A. David Moore via phone and email: Open In New Tab Original document from James R. Stettner. Originally published 2017-11-27
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Stoplust copied from detailed photos of the stopjambs; with additional info provided by A. David Moore via phone and email: Open In New Tab Original document from James R. Stettner. Originally published 2017-12-12
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

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