Watersmith Pipe Organs
Opus 29, 1995

Originally E. & G. G. Hook (Opus 489, 1869)

Cathedral of the Holy Cross (1875)

Blessed Sacrament Chapel

1400 Washington Street
Boston, MA, US

8 Ranks - 318 Pipes
Instrument ID: 9663 ● Builder ID: 6549 ● Location ID: 8903
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  • Position: In a Case at the Front of the Room
  • Chest Action: Slider With Mechanical Pull-Downs
  • Stop Action: Mechanical (Slider)
  • Notes: metal, 1-24 borrowed from Pedal 8' Violone
  • Notes: wood
  • Notes: wood
  • Notes: metal
  • Notes: metal
  • Notes: (MC) metal; double draw: half draw = 2 2/3'; full draw = 1 1/3'; half off = both
  • Notes: metal
8'32
8'32
8'24
4'32
4'24
2 2/3' - 1 1/3'64
2'32
2'24
  • Position: In a Case at the Front of the Room
  • Chest Action: Slider With Mechanical Pull-Downs
  • Stop Action: Mechanical (Slider)
  • Notes: wood
  • Notes: metal
16'27
8'27
8'
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Builder: E. & G. G. Hook
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
1 Manuals (57 Notes)27 Note Pedal2 Divisions8 Stops10 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action✓ Hitchdown Coupler(s)
Stop Layout: Drawknobs
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination Action: None
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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DETAILS

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Paul R. Marchesano on December 9th, 2025:
All metal ranks are partially or completely new set of pipes.
John Roper on June 16th, 2020:
Relocated here in 1995 through OCH from TX storage. [On the Hook Opus list for German Evangelical, Knoxville, TN.] Uses much of the case and chassis of H & H 1047.

Related Instrument Entries: E. & G. G. Hook (Opus 489, 1869)

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