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Hook & Hastings (Opus 1425, 1889)

Originally Hook & Hastings (Opus 1425, 1889)

Location:

St. Rita RC Church (formerly St. Columba) / St. Marguerite d'Youville Parish
158 Mammoth Rd.
Lowell, MA 01854 US
Rear Gallery
Organ ID: 71515

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ is extant in this location, possibly in original state.
  • The organ's condition is playable, but not in usable condition.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Andrew Scanlon on August 06, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • 10 ranks.
Andrew Scanlon on August 06, 2022:

from "Organs of Greater Lowell" by Robert J. Reich St. Rita's RC. Shrine, organized 1912 as St. Columba's R.C.Church, 162 Mammouth Rd., name changed 1925.

Organ: Hook & Hastings #1425, 1889, 2m, 17reg., 10r, from New Presbyterian, Winston, N.C., electrified by ?; not in use for many years but repaired and again in use since c1994 having miraculously survived two electronic substitutes. One of two organs in R.C. churches in Lowell still in regular use.

We received the most recent update for this note from Andrew Scanlon on August 06, 2022.

Instrument Images:

Building exterior: Photograph by St. Rita Facebook page, submitted by Andrew Scanlon. Taken approx. 2014

Nave, Organ in rear gallery: Photograph by St. Rita Facebook page, submitted by Andrew Scanlon. Taken approx. 2014

Interior: Photograph by St. Rita Facebook page, submitted by Andrew Scanlon. Taken approx. 2014

Exterior : Photograph by St. Rita Facebook page, submitted by Andrew Scanlon. Taken approx. 2020

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