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Photo: Giel Daems. Date: 21 July 2012.

Photo: Giel Daems

Boom, België (Antwerpen) - Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe en Sint-Rochuskerk
Municipal: Boom
Region:Vlaanderen
Address: Grote Markt 1, 2850, Boom
Website: https://www.rupelkerk.be/

Description nr.: 2030124.

Built by: E. & G.G. Hook (1854) - opus 173

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1854 E. & G.G. Hook173 new organ
1984 David E. Wallace  restoration
2004 David E. Wallace  maintenance/reparations
2010 B. Pels-D'Hondt  transfer/relocate

  • In 1854, brothers Elias and George Hook built a three-manual organ for the State Street Congregational Church in Portland, Maine in the United States of America. In 1892 it was moved to the United Methodist Church in Westbrook, after the construction of a new church in Portland that also had a new organ. In 1984 David Wallace carried out a restoration.
  • After the church in Westbrook closed in 2004, the organ was dismantled and stored by Wallace. It was then purchased in 2009 for the Church of Our Lady in Boom in Belgium. It was restored and rebuilt in Boom by the Pels-d'Hondt company. On May 30, 2010, the instrument was inaugurated with a concert by Petet Van de Velde, organist of the Cathedral in Antwerp. The concert was also participated in by Evelien Schelkens (violin) and Matthias Schelkens (cello) and the Mixed Choir Musica Nova conducted by Paul Dinneweth.
  • It is remarkable that the division of some ranks is placed between E minor and F minor, and in others between B major and C minor. The registers of the Swell Organ all run from C minor (TC). The major octave of the Swell Organ is permanently coupled to the major octave of the Choir Organ.

Short list of all locations the organ has been
1854Portland, MEState Street Congregational Church
1892Westbrook, MEUnited Methodist Church
2010BoomOnze-Lieve-Vrouwe en Sint-Rochuskerk

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great Organ7
- Choir Organ6
- Swell Organ8
- Pedal Organ2
Total number of stops23
Key actionMechanical
Stop actionMechanical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Great Organ (C-g'''): Open Diapason 8', Open Diapason (no.2) 8' - prepared for, Melodia Treble 8' (f°-g'''), Stopped Diapason Bass 8' (C-e°), Principal 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Sesquialtera 3 ranks, Trumpet Treble 8' (c°-g'''), Trumpet Bass 8' (C-B).
Choir Organ (C-g'''): Stopped Diapason Treble 8' (f°-g'''), Stopped Diapason Bass 8' (C-e°), Dulciana 8', Viol d'Amour 8', Principal 4', Wald Flute 4', Cremona 8' (c°-g''').
Swell Organ (C-g'''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Viol di Gamba 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Cornet 2 ranks (12.15), Trumpet 8', Hautbois 8', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-d'): Double Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Choir to Great Suboctave.
Accessories: Bellows Signal.

Literature Hook Organs in the State of Maine : An Annotated and Documented Work List : E. & G.G. Hook and Hook & Hastings / Barbara Owen. - Villanova PA : OHS Press, 2017. - (OHS Monographs in American Organ History ; No. 13).
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Photo: Giel Daems. Date: 21 July 2012.
Photo: Giel Daems
Photo: Giel Daems. Date: 21 July 2012.
Photo: Giel Daems
Photo: Giel Daems. Date: 21 July 2012.
Photo: Giel Daems
Photo: Giel Daems. Date: 21 July 2012.
Photo: Giel Daems
Photo: Giel Daems. Date: 21 July 2012.
Photo: Giel Daems