Organ lost
Historic organ lost in Jamaica Plain fire
By Michael Levenson, Globe Correspondent | January 20, 2005
A majestic pre-Civil War pipe organ that was among the best-preserved in the United States burned to ruins in the fire that gutted First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain on Tuesday, the church's former music director said yesterday.
The instrument was one of the few remaining antebellum organs to employ three separate manuals, or keyboards. It had been manufactured in 1859 by E. & G.G. Hook of Boston, among the greatest organ builders of their time, Leonardo Ciampa said.