Hook-Hastings Co.
Opus 1168, 1884
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
2-4 Allen Street [now 68 William Cardinal O'Connell Way]
Boston, MA, US
32 Ranks - 1,732 Pipes - 3 Physical Divisions
Instrument ID: 5045 ● Builder ID: 7368 ● Location ID: 4787
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CONSOLES
Builder: Hook & Hastings
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
2 Manuals (58 Notes)27 Note Pedal3 Divisions28 Stops45 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionTubular Pneumatic (Unknown) Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Fixed Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
1854: The Congregation moved to the first floor of the Organ factory at North Grove and Cambridge Street.
1862: Under Bishop Fitzpatrick, Fr. Williams, the Administrator, purchased this building with organ for $27,000. The Unitarian Congregation contested this sale. The Courts upheld the sale.
-- Information from church history web page, accessed 2022-06-12
Unclear what organ factory -- was this the earlier location of Hook & Hastings?
Database Manager on February 6th, 2014:
Updated through online information from Richard Pelland.
Database Manager on March 12th, 2012:
Updated through online information from WIlliam Catanesye.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Retrackerized by Hawkes Organ Co., 1992-93. Originally tracker. Slider chests given tubular action 1899 as Hook & Hastings, Op.1829. Electified 1920.
Related Instrument Entries: Hook-Hastings Co. (Opus 1829, 1899) , Timothy Hawkes Organ Co. (1993) , Unknown Builder (1920)
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