Hook & Hastings Pipe Organ
date: label: date made
content: 1872
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This pipe organ was made by E. and G.G. Hook & Hastings, in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1872. It is a No. 4 model, opus #676 with a single keyboard, with a compass of C - a3 and pedals, with a compass of C – d. The organ’s disposition is as follows:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>8' Open Diapason Bass (C – b, lower pipes stopped wood)<br>8’ Open Diapason ( c1 – a3)<br>8' Unison Bass ( C – b, wood)<br>8' Stopped Diapason (c1 – a3, wood and metal)<br>8' Dulciana (c – a3, metal)<br>4' Octave (C – a3, metal)<br>Violina Bass (c – b, metal)<br>4' Flute (c1 – a3, metal)<br>16' Sub Bass<br>Pedale coupler</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The company was started in 1827 by brothers Elias and George Greenleaf Hook. In 1871, Frank Hastings joined the firm, and the name was changed to E. and G.G. Hook & Hastings. This pipe organ was one of the stock organs made in several sizes by the Hook and. Hastings firm during the latter part of the nineteenth century. The organ cost $ 1,000, with 10 stops and 305 pipes, according to a brochure printed in 1871.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (organ case panels)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (organ parts)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (organ pipes)
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Organs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.76.17
label: accession number
content: 322668
label: catalog number
content: 76.17
objectType: label: Object Name
content: organ
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 156 in x 94 in x 78 in; 396.24 cm x 238.76 cm x 198.12 cm