Newton Centre, Massachusetts
First Baptist Church
E. & G.G. HOOK, Opus 371, 1865
Andover Organ Co., R-268, 1986 - Rebuild & Tonal Additions
GREAT COUPLERS (Drawknob)
16 Open Diapason 52 Swell to Pedal
8 Open Diapason 55 Great to Pedal
8 Stop'ᵈ Diapason 56
8 Melodia (tc) 44 Swell to Great
8 Salicional 56
4 Octave 56
4 Flute d'Amour 56 FOOT TRUNDLES
2 2/3 Twelfth 56 None
2 Fifteenth 56
IV Mixture [19-22-26] 204
8 Trumpet 56 PEDAL MOVEMENTS
8 Clarinet 56 Swell Expression (bal.)
SWELL (Expressive)
16 Bourdon 56
8 Open Diapason 56
8 Stop'ᵈ Diapason 56
8 Dulciana 56
4 Principal 56
4 Flauto Traverso 56
2 Piccolo 56
II Cornet [12-15] 112
8 Trumpet 56
8 Oboe 56 ACTION: Mech. Key & Stop
Tremolo
VOICES: 26
PEDAL STOPS: 26
16 Open Diapason 30
16 Bourdon 30 RANKS: 30
8 Violon Cello 30
16 Trombone 30 PIPES: 1,533
NOTES
This organ began life as E. & G.G. Hook, Opus 371, 1865 – originally built for
Mt. Pleasant Unitarian Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts. At present, it also
contains pipes from other Hook organs. The wooden flutes, Swell reeds, and Great
8' Clarinet are all from the church's previous organ – Hook & Hastings, Opus 1906,
1901. The case is also retained from that instrument. The Swell 4' Principal pipes
are from an 1858 Hook, Opus 238. The Great IV Mixture is actually III-IV. The Great
8' Melodia borrows its bottom octave from the 8' Stop'ᵈ Diapason.
Sources: Andover opus list & files; JRS; extant organ
First Baptist Church
848 Beacon St.
Newton Centre, MA. 82459
(617) 244-7997 Documented: March 1988