Pipe Organ Database

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Hook & Hastings (Opus 1398, 1888)

Location:

Harvard University: Phillips Brooks House
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Phillips Brooks House
Organ ID: 9089

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Colleges and Universities
  • The organ has been relocated.
  • 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: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 2 manuals.
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on August 28, 2016:

Altered and relocated existing organ. Identified by Francine Linhart, using information found in an un-named publication.

This form is NOT user friendly. The Harvard Alumni Bulletin, VOL XVIII, Dated September 1915, Number 1 ... contains the following quote: '87-William Endicott has given a pipe organ to Phillips Brooks House. It is now in process of installation in Peabody Hall. AN article in the Harvard Crimson stated: A pipe organ is now being installed in Peabody Hall of Phillips Brooks House, and will be ready for use in about a week. The organ, for which there has been a growing need for several years, is the gift of William Endicott '87, who has offered to meet the expenses of several changes made necessary by its erection.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

The original builder was Hook & Hastings (1888, Op. 1398).

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 1967

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.

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