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OHS Pipe Organ Database
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St. John the Evangelist, Episcopal (Anglo-Catholic
Washington & Poplar Sts.
Newport, Rhode Island 02840
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- Hook & Hastings (1934, Opus 2610).
- Current Status: extant, currently undergoing renovation, restoration, or revision. (Last update 2009-01-23.)
- 2 manuals. 260 stops. 30 ranks. 26 registers. 58-note manuals. 27-note pedals.
- Tubular pneumatic key action [vacuum]. Pneumatic stop action.
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The organ is in a case at the front of the room.
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Traditional style console.
Console in fixed position, right.
Balanced swell shoes/pedals, standard AGO placement.
Combination Action: Computerized/Digital system.
AGO Standard (concave radiating) pedalboard.
Crescendo Pedal.
Reversible full organ/tutti thumb piston.
Reversible full organ/tutti toe stud.
Combination action thumb pistons.
Combination action toe studs.
Coupler reversible thumb pistons.
Coupler reversible toe studs.
- Additional notes.
- Status Note: There 1996. (OHS PC Database. 2004-10-30)
- [Previously had 1882 H & H Op. 1075 (2-18reg) which went to Trinity Episcopal, Newport, RI, then St. Mary's Episocpal, Portsmouth, RI. Then had 1884 H & H Op. 1611 (2-30reg).] (OHS PC Database. 2004-10-30)
- Updated through on-line information from Edward Odell. -- Organ is tonally extant and currently receiving ongoing restorative work. New console specifically designed by J.H. & C.S. Odell to match existing sanctuary appointments. (Database Manager. 2009-01-23)
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