Church of the Disciples, ca. 1875 - New York City
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Church of the Disciples
(Congregational)

Madison Avenue at 45th Street
New York, N.Y. 10017

 
           
  E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings Organ, Op. 668 (1872) in Church of the Disciples - New York City (courtesy Jim Lewis)
E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings
Boston, Mass. – Opus 668 (1872)
Mechanical key and stop action
Pneumatic couplers for each manual
3 manuals, 36 registers, 28 stops, 30 ranks


The E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings organ was originally built in 1872 for the Church of the Disciples. Around 1900, the organ was rebuilt by Hook & Hastings, perhaps when the organ was relocated to Mount Morris Baptist Church (now Mount Moriah Baptist Church) on Fifth Avenue at 126th Street in Harlem. The extant organ has been unplayable for many years. In 2005, Mt. Moriah made plans to remodel its interior, and in April 2006 sold the organ for $5000 to The First Baptist Church of Jamaica Plain, MA, which had lost its E. & G.G. Hook organ (Op. 253, 1859) in a January 2005 fire.
               
Great Organ (Manual II) – 58 notes
16
  Open Diapason
58
4
  Octave
58
8
  Open Diapason
58
3
   Twelfth
58
8
  Viola da Gamba
58
2
  Fifteenth
58
8
  Gemshorn
58
  Mixture 3 ranks
174
8
  Doppel Flöte
58
8
   Trumpet
58
 
     
 
     
Swell Organ (Manual III) – 58 notes, enclosed
16
  Bourdon
58
4
  Flauto Traverso
58
8
  Open Diapason
58
2
   Flautino
58
8
  Stopped Diapason
58
8
  Cornopean
58
8
  Viola
58
8
  Oboe
58
4
  Violina
58
        
               
Choir Organ (Manual I) – 58 notes
8
   Geigen Principal
58
4
   Flute d'Amour
58
8
   Dulciana
58
2
   Piccolo
58
8
   Melodia
58
8
   Clarinet
58
 
     
 
     
Pedale Organ – 27 notes
16
  Open Diapason
27
8
  Violoncello
27
16
  Bourdon
27
        
               
Couplers and Accessories
    Great to Pedal   Swell Tremolo
    Swell to Pedal   Bellows Signal
    Choir to Pedal    
    Great and Choir    
               
Mechanical Registers (pneumatic powered, thumb-pistons under top manual)
    Manual I / Pneumatic Coupler      
    Manual II / Pneumatic Coupler      
    Manual III / Pneumatic Coupler      
               
Pedal Movements
    Swell Piano   Great to Pedal Reversible
    Swell Forte   Balanced Swell Pedal
    Great Piano    
    Great Forte    
 
Sources:
     O'Brien, Keith. "Almost an organ donation: Instrument is a heck of a deal," The Boston Globe, April 30, 2006.
     Van Pelt, William T., compiler. The Hook Opus List, 1829-1916 in Facsimile. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1991.

Photos:
     Black, Mary. Old New York in Early Photographs. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1973.
     Owen, Barbara: Stereoptican card of interior, showing case of E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings Organ, Op. 668 (1872); copied and printed by Jim Lewis, esq.
 
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