Hook & Hastings
Opus 2241, 1910

First United Methodist Church [First Methodist Church 1939-1968]

Sanctuary

1320 Main Street
Houston, TX, US

Instrument ID: 15948 ● Builder ID: 7359 ● Location ID: 14517
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IMAGES

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STOPLISTS

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  • Position: Pipes Exposed (in Whole or in Part) at the Front of the Room
  • Notes: “Medium”
16'
8'
8'
8'
8'
8'
4'
4'
2 2⁄3'
2'
16'
8'
16'
8'
4'
16'
8'
4'
  • Position: Pipes Exposed (in Whole or in Part) at the Front of the Room
16'
8'
8'
8'
8'
8'
8'
8'
4'
2'
III
16'
8'
8'
8'
16'
4'
  • Position: Pipes Exposed (in Whole or in Part) at the Front of the Room
  • Notes: “String”
8'
8'
8'
8'
8'
4'
4'
2'
8'
8'
8'
  • Position: Pipes Exposed (in Whole or in Part) at the Front of the Room
16'
16'
16'
8'
8'
8'
16'
8'
8'
8'

Minor corrections made. GT Twelfth and Fifteenth could be a single stop “II Grave Mixture”, documents unclear.
Originally Written/Published: 1910s

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CONSOLES

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Builder: Hook & Hastings
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: Unknown
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)30 Note Pedal4 Divisions62 Registers✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)
Stop Layout: Unknown
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
Additional Notes: 3 divisional and pedal combination pistons with release for Great, Swell, and Choir. Also features “All Couplers On” and “Compound Couplers Release”.

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DETAILS

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Aaron Jackson on December 19th, 2025:

Listed in Hook & Hastings company documents as being built for Charles Shearn Memorial Methodist Church (the former name and location for this same congregation), but the congregation had already moved to the corner of Main and Clay Streets and been renamed to First Methodist (Episcopal) Church by the time this organ was finally built.

Database Manager on March 1st, 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).

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