1861 E. & G. G. Hook Organ, Opus 300
The Holy Cross organ is not only beautiful to see and hear, and a very practical tool for leading the worship of the assembly, it is a rare surviving example of a three-manual (three keyboard) instrument by this firm, considered the foremost 19th Century American organbuilder.
Short History and Stoplist
Toccata on "Placare Christe Servulis" ~Marcel Dupré, played by Daniel J. Susan
Improvisation on "Earth and All Stars" ~Daniel J. Susan
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Pipedreams from Minnesota Public Radio (listen to the Holy Cross organ here! March 2001)
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LINKS OF INTEREST
St. John's Organ Society, Bangor, Maine. Hook opus 288: http://hookopus288.org/
E & G.G. Hook History up to 1860: http://www.concertartist.info/organhistory/history/hist071.html
Hook/Hook & Hastings after 1860: http://www.concertartist.info/organhistory/history/hist072.html
How a pipe organ works: http://pipedreams.publicradio.org/articles/howapipeorganworks.shtml
Mechanical Action Organs: http://concertartist.info/organhistory/works/works12.htm
Hook opus 553, Berlin, Germany: http://www.hook-orgel.de/e1hookorgel.html#gebrueder_hook
Organ Historical Society: http://www.organsociety.org/
American Guild of Organists (AGO): http://www.agohq.org/home.html
Detroit Chapter, AGO: http://detroitago.org/Options.html
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