Hook & Hastings
1885
Originally E. & G. G. Hook (Opus 223, 1857)
Whitefield United Methodist [previously First Methodist Church]
33 W Main Street
West Brookfield, MA, US
12 Ranks - 607 Pipes
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STOPLISTS
| GREAT (I)🛈 | ||
| 8' | Open Diapason | 56 |
| 8' | Flute Bass | 17 |
| 8' | Flute🛈 | 39 |
| 4' | Viol D'Amour🛈 | 39 |
| 4' | Octave | 56 |
| 4' | Flute | 56 |
| 2' | Fifteenth | 56 |
| 8' | SWELL to GREAT |
| SWELL (II - Expressive)🛈 | ||
| 8' | Open Diapason | 56 |
| 8' | Stopped Diapason Bass | 17 |
| 8' | Stopped Diapason Treble🛈 | 39 |
| 8' | Dolciana🛈 | 39 |
| 4' | Principal🛈 | 39 |
| 4' | Celestina Bass | 17 |
| 8' | Hautboy | 56 |
| Tremulant |
| PEDAL🛈 | ||
| 16' | Sub Bass | 25 |
| 8' | SWELL to PEDAL | |
| 8' | GREAT to PEDAL |
Bellows Signal. Hook down Swell Pedal. Pedal Actions: Great, full; Great, piano single action in only [sic]
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CONSOLES
Builder: E. & G. G. Hook
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional Without Cover
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
2 Manuals (56 Notes)25 Note Pedal3 Divisions15 Stops19 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop ActionStop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Expression Type: Trigger/Hitch-Down Expression
Combination Action: Fixed Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
Exhibited in the 1968 OHS convention(s)
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
The present church building came from an abandoned Universalist Church in Templeton (MA), dismantled and moved to West Brookfield in 1859. A bell was added in 1878. In 1885 the building was remodeled. At that time E. & G. G. Hook organ Opus 223 was moved from a Unitarian Church in Washington DC and installed here by Hook & Hastings. On April 19, 2024, I visited and met with 3 members of the church about photographing the organ for the OHS database. At present the organ is playable and is used occasionally for church services. During the visit, church members observed the incorrect name of the church for the database. [ Excerpt from “A history of West Brookfield 1675 – 1990] by Jeffrey H. Fisk and the West Brookfield Historical; Commission, 2009. Page 47. “In 1966 …the church voted to change the name to the Whitefield Methodist Church honoring Rev. George Whitefield (1714 – 1770) [one of the founders Methodism, who in 1770 preached a revival in a field on Fort Hill in what is now West Brookfield]. In 1968 the word ‘United’ was added to the name. The Whitefield United Methodist was now the official name.” The nearby West Warren Methodist Church merged in 1996 with the West Brookfield Church.
Information received from Stephen St. Denis on 2024-04-24
Database Manager on May 16th, 2005:
Hitchdown Swell Pedal.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1985.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
From Unitarian, Washington, D.C. (2-20s); via Bridgeport, CT. Installed here 1884 or 1885. Pedal was originally 13 notes.
Related Instrument Entries: E. & G. G. Hook (Opus 223, 1857)
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