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Console

Swell Rollerboard

 

Builder: Hook & Hastings
Year: 1894, Op: 1644 
Location: Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Portage PA
Remarks:  The old line, "It doesn't get any better than this."  is really true about this instrument.  The Principals in this instrument are unparalleled in quality.  The voicing is full, rich, robust, and just sizzling with harmonics.  Built for a Presbyterian Church in Durham NC, the organ was shipped to PA in 1909 and reinstalled here.  The original shipping tag for the Norfolk Southern railroad is still attached to the back of the swell box. 

Specifications: 
2m/14ranks
Tracker Action

Great:
Bourdon 16'
Diapason 8'
Melodia 8'
Dulciana 8'
Octave 4'
Twelfth 2-2/3'
Fifteenth 2'

Swell:
Stopped Diapason 8'
Salicional 8'
Harmonic Flute 4'
Violina 4'
Flautino 2'
Oboe 8'

Pedal:
Bourdon 16'

Couplers:
Swell to Great
Great to pedal
Swell to Pedal