Opus R-267 Stop List
Great
16'Double Open Diapason
8'Open Diapason
8'Doppel Flute
8'Concert Flute
8'Viol de Gamba
4'Octave
4'Harmonic Flute
223'Twelfth
2'Fifteenth
III-IVMixture
IIICornet
8'Trumpet
Zimbelstern
Swell
16'Bourdon
8'Open Diapason
8'Spitz Flute
8'Stopped Diapason
8'Salicional
8'Celeste
4'Principal
4'Flauto Traverso
2'Piccolo
IIIMixture
8'Cornopean
8'Oboe
8'Vox Humana
Tremolo
Pedal
16'Double Open Diapason
16'Bourdon
8'Violoncello
8'Flutebass
4'Choralbass
16'Trombone
Couplers
  • Coupling Manual
  • Great to Pedal
  • Swell to Pedal
Opus R-267
1996
Sage Chapel
Hook & Hastings, Opus 1785, 1898
Northfield, Massachusetts
Andover Organ Company Opus R-267

Hook & Hastings, Opus 1752 was originally built for St. Patrick's Church, Baltimore. At some point in the 1930's or 40's, the organ was electrified and the original action and console removed. In 1983, the church had a fire which destroyed the roof and much of the front of the building, but did not burn the organ, although it suffered heavy water damage. The instrument was removed by Andover and stored in the shop until 1994 when the church decided that it could not afford to restore the organ and put it up for sale.

Alan Laufman of the Organ Clearing House and Don Olson suggested that the organ be installed in Sage Chapel of Northfield Mount Hermon School to replace their 1938 Estey organ which was rapidly becoming unplayable. Andover Organ Company began work on the organ in March of 1996 and installed it in January 1997. The original tracker key action was restored, a new attached console built with a coupling manual to replace the Swell to Great coupler and electric stop action and a solid state combination action by SSLL was installed.

Although the original voicing was retained, the Great Mixture was repitched and expanded, a III Cornet was put in place of the 8' Dulciana and in the Swell, an 8' Celeste, 4' Principal (in place of the Violina) and III Mixture (in place of the III Cornet)were added. The Pedal was expanded to include an 8' Flutebass, 4' Choralbass and 16' Trombone using pipes from the Estey organ.

The organ was dedicated in October 1997 in a recital played by former Northfield Mount Hermon organist Joseph Elliott, Jr. and current organist Karen A. Guthrie.

In the fall of 2005 the school consolidated it operations onto the Mount Hermon campus. In December 2009 the Northfield campus was purchased by Hobby Lobby, a privately held retail chain. In late 2012 Hobby Lobby donated the property to the National Christian Foundation, which is currently evaluating future options for the campus.