E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings, Opus 801, 1875

OHS Database ID 7254.


Holy Cross R. C. Cathedral
1400 Washington Street
Boston, Massachusetts

Sanctuary

The organ has been altered from the original installation as described here.

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Organ. Photograph by Len Levasseur 2008-02-22

This organ received OHS Citation number 110.

Three manuals. 83 stops.

Mechanical key action.

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Bibliography.

  • Van Pelt, William T.. The Hook Opus List 1829-1835. (Richmond, Virginia: Organ Historical Society, 1991), [0]

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  • Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database.
    Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston, Massachusetts
E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings Organ, Opus 801,1875
(Stoplist: Bozeman Web site 1997)

Great
  16'   Open Diapason +
  16'   Quintaton (wood)
   8'   Open Diapason +
   8'   Bell Open Diapason +
   8'   Viola da Gamba +
   8'   Clarabella
   8'   Doppel Flöte***
   8'   Gemshorn +
   8'   Viol d'amour +
   6'   Quint +
   4'   Octave +
   4'   Flute Harmonique (metal) +
   4'   Gambette +
   3'   Twelfth +
   2'   Fifteenth +
   V    Cornet +
  IV    Mixture +
  IV    Acuta +
 VII    Cymbale +
  16'   Bombarde +
   8'   Trumpets +
   4'   Clarion* +

Choir
  16'   Lieblich Gedact
   8'   Open Diapason +
   8'   Geigen Diapason +
   8'   Melodia
   8'   Concert Flute (wood, harmonic)
   8'   Rohr Flute***
   8'   Dulciana +
   4'   Flute Octaviante (metal) +
   4'   Fugara +
   4'   Octave +
   3'   Quint Flöte+ +
   2'   Piccolo +
   V    Cornet+
  16'   Cor Anglais +
   8'   Clarinet+
   8'   Tuba Mirabilis**+

Swell
  16'   Bourdon
   8'   Open Diapason +
   8'   Salicional +
   8'   Aeoline
   8'   Stopped Diapason
   8'   Quintadena***++
   4'   Octave +
   4'   Flauto Traverso (wood)
   4'   Violina +
   3'   Nazard +
   2'   Flautino +
  IV    Mixture+
   V    Dolce Cornet +
  16'   Contra Fagotto
   8'   Cornopean
   8'   Oboe-Bassoon
   8'   Vox Humana*
   4'   Clarion
        Tremolo

Pedale
  32'   Contra Bourdon
  16'   Open Diapason (wood)
  16'   Violone (wood)
  16'   Dulciana (metal)
  16'   Bourdon
  12'   Quint Flöte
   8'   Bell Gamba
   8'   Violoncello
   8'   Octave
   8'   Flöte
   4'   Super Octave +
   V    Cornet +
  16'   Trombone (wood)
   8'   Posaune (metal) +

Manual Compass: C C-a3, 58 notes. Pedal Compass: CCC-F, 30 notes

    * Reed stops made by Henri Zimmerman, Paris.
   ** Actually a "floating" stop, located in front of the Swell,
        above the Great, on its own chest, with high pressure wind supply.
  *** Some (actually, much) Pipework missing.
    + Pipework cleaned since 1990
   ++ Empty holes occupied by used "Salicional", as celeste rank.

All stops are totally independent, including the pedal division.