McKim Mansion's Hook & Hastings specifications

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After restoration work by David Storey, this grand instrument will the grace the Universalist Church at 16th & S, NW!! Congratulations to all who helped preserve this wonderful part of DC history and especially, much gratitude is due to Jim Edmonds who recognized the beauty and historic significance of this treasure!

Here are the specifications for this magnificent instrument.

McKim Residence
Washington, DC
Hook & Hastings Tubular Tracker, Opus 2082, 1905
Converted to electro-pneumatic by Lewis & Hitchcock, Inc, Opus 116, 1924

GREAT

16' Diapason

61 pipes, basses in façade

8' Diapason

61 pipes, basses in façade

8' Doppel Flute

61 pipes, wood

8' Gamba

61 pipes

8' Dulciana

61 pipes

4' Octave

61 pipes

4' Flute

61 pipes, harmonic

2 2/3' Twelfth

61 pipes

2' Fifteenth

61 pipes

8' Trumpet

61 pipes


SWELL

16' Bourdon

61 pipes, wood

8' Diapason

61 pipes

8' Gedeckt

61 pipes, wood

8' Quintadena

61 pipes

8' Salicional

61 pipes

8' Voix Celeste

61 pipes

8' Aeoline

61 pipes

4' Violina

61 pipes

4' Flauto Traverso

61 pipes

2' Flautino

61 pipes

Dolce Cornet IV

244 pipes

8' Cornopean

61 pipes

8' Oboe

61 pipes

Tremolena

 

16' Swell to Swell

 

4' Swell to Swell

 


CHOIR

8' Geigen Principal

61 pipes

8' Melodia

61 pipes, wood open to CC

8' Viol díOrchestre

61 pipes

8' Dolce

61 pipes

4' Fugara

61 pipes

4' Flute díAmour

61 pipes, wood, pierced stoppers

8' Clarinet

61 pipes

Tremulant

 

16' Choir to Choir

 

4' Choir to Choir

 


PEDAL 30 notes

32' Bourdon

30 pipes, wood

16' Diapason

30 pipes, wood

16' Bourdon

12 pipes & 32' Bourdon, wood

16' Contra Gamba

30 pipes

8' Bass Flute

12 pipes & 16' Diapason, wood

8' Flute

30 pipes, open wood

8' Violon Cella

30 pipes

4' Bass Flute

12 pipes & 16' Diapason, wood




Note: The 32' Bourdon is on the left side, the 16' Diapason is on the right side. The three straight pedal stops are on slider chests. There is a bass chest of 12 notes on the right side and a treble chest of 18 notes on the left side. Screwed to the side of the Choir box on the left side is the treble continuation pipes of the 16' Bourdon and Bass Flute, some tubed over from the big chest, some on unit chests.

Couplers

8' Great to Pedal
8' Swell to Pedal
4' Swell to Pedal
8' Choir to Pedal

8' Swell to Great
4' Swell to Great
16' Choir to Great
8' Choir to Great
8' Swell to Choir

Pistons

Under Swell Swell 1-4, Adjustor On/Off
Under Great Pedal 1-2, Great 1-6
Under Choir Choir 1-4

Toe Movements
Left Center Right
Ch/Sw/Cresc
Shoes

There are treadles for all the combinations, plus Gt/Ped and SFZ, a total of 18

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