Pipe Organ Database

Unknown Builder (1871)

Originally E. & G. G. Hook (Opus 48, 1842)

Exhibited in the 2015 OHS convention(s)

Location:

First Parish Unitarian
Main St. & Parker Ave.
Northfield, MA 01360 US
Organ ID: 6635

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Status and Condition:

This instrument's location type is: Unitarian, Universalist, Unitarian-Universalist
The organ has an unknown or unreported status.
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, Information unknown or not applicable
13 ranks. 583 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 13 stops. 15 registers.

Divisions

Great:

Chest Type(s): Slider chests
Position: In a case at the front of the room.
Built by E. & G. G. Hook

We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on May 30, 2022.

Swell (Expressive):

Chest Type(s): Slider chests
Position: In a case at the front of the room.
Built by E. & G. G. Hook

We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on May 30, 2022.

Pedal:

Position: In a case at the front of the room.
Built by E. & G. G. Hook

We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on May 30, 2022.

Consoles

Main:

Built by E. & G. G. Hook
Manuals: 2
Divisions: 3
Stops: 13
Registers: 15
Position: Keydesk attached, manuals set into case.
Manual Compass: 58
Pedal Compass: 17
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 without cover.
Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on flat jambs.
Combination Action: Fixed mechanical system.
Swell Control Type: Trigger/hitch-down swell.
Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
Has Combination Action Foot Trundles

We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on May 30, 2022.

Notes

Database Manager on September 17, 2008:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.  -- This was the moving and reinstallation without tonal or mechanical changes to the 1842 E. & G.G. Hook, Opus 48, from First Unitarian in Springfield, MA. to Northfield. The 5-sectional facade with 23 stencilled pipes arranged: 3-5-7-5-3. The pipes were originally gilded, and were likely stenciled when the organ was moved to this location in 1871. This is a GGG-compass organ, without the GGG#. Source: extant organ documented April, 1989.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on May 30, 2022.

Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Status Note: There 1995

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

Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

From Unitarian, Springfield, MA in 1871. In 1871 building.

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

Stoplists

Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Specification from OHS Convention Handbook, 2015
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Related Database Entries

Unitarian Church - E. & G. G. Hook (Opus 48, 1842)

Instrument Images:

Chancel and Organ Case: Photograph (1978) by Jim Lewis.

Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Organ Case: (2015) Photograph by Andrew Hagberg.

Church exterior: Photograph from an archival source: Parish archives via parish website, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 1880's

Organ case at the front: Photograph from an archival source: Church archives via parish website, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 2019