Hook & Hastings
Opus 2219, 1909
St. Bridgid Roman Catholic
Church
2001 Mass Ave.
Lexington, MA, US
30 Ranks - 1,700 Pipes
Instrument ID: 14735 ● Builder ID: 7359 ● Location ID: 13463
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
2 Manuals 3 Divisions47 Stops56 RegistersTubular Pneumatic (Vacuum) Key ActionTubular Pneumatic (Unknown) Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Updated through on-line information from William Grzybowski. -- St. Brigid's organ was rebuilt in the new Church building in 1958 by Williams Organ Service, Swampscott, with additions doubling its original size. It has had subsequent rebuildings in 1977 and 1986 by the firm of Henri Lahaise of Boston.
Database Manager on February 28th, 2005:
Identified from company publications as edited and expanded in The Hook Opus List 1829-1935, ed. William T. Van Pelt (Organ Historical Society, 1991).
Related Instrument Entries: Williams Organ Service (1958) , Hook & Hastings (Opus 2219, 1909)
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