Hook & Hastings organ, opus 1553, (built 1893)
restored in 1999 by Bradley Rule (www.bruleorgans.com)
2 manuals and pedal, manual compass - 58 notes, pedal compass - 27 notes
mechanical (tracker) key action, mechanical stop action, 479 pipes
Great:
8' Open Diapason (lower 18 pipes in case)
8' Melodia, open wood
4' Octave (lower 5 pipes in case)
2' Fifteenth
Swell:
8' Stopped Diapason, stopped wood
8' Viola (from Tenor C)
4' Flute (harmonic from middle C)
8' Oboe
Pedal:
16' Sub Bass
Couplers:
Swell to Great
Swell to Great 4'
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Sounds great! I miss playing the pipe organ as nothing is like the real thing, not even an Allen or Rodgers! I used to play a real pipe organ at my home church as it was so great! I is a Wicks Pipe organ and it sounded great to play on!
Believe it or not, the closes I had found to the real thing was a Hammond X-77 tone wheel organ as it had Mixture 1 and 2 to combine with the drawbars and it sounded so great with the spring reverb and Leslie in slow motion.
patsaxon 2 years ago
I love the principals on this organ, they are so rich and have so much color in their sound. Thanks for sharing!!
bestminstrel 2 years ago