Pipe Organ Database

a project of the organ historical society

E. & G. G. Hook (1865)

Location:

Congregational Church
Orwell, VT 05760 US
Organ ID: 6349

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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 unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on June 15, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 11 ranks. 1 manuals. 12 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on June 15, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 1
  • Stops: 12
  • 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 June 15, 2018.
Database Manager on May 07, 2018:
We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on June 15, 2018.
Database Manager on February 28, 2017:

Updated by Charles Eberline, naming this as the source of information: See bibliography note below..

Bibliography:
Reich, Robert J. "Fire!" The Tracker 6, no. 2 (January 1962): 1, 8.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on February 11, 2013:

Updated through online information from Dr. Karl E. Moyer. -- This is one of the finest single-manual organs I've ever heard. It is incredibly fine and a real challenge to play because it is so clear and exacting as to draw from you the very best playing you can do.

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 1986.

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Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Renovated by Andover 1961, #R-1. [1-11r, 14s?] Compass 56/25.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database.
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Balcony and Organ Case: (2015) Photograph by Andrew Hagberg.