Hook & Hastings Opus 1222 (1884), a two-manual, seven-rank mechanical-action tracker organ (~400 pipes), was commissioned by the Clarkson family of Potsdam, NY, built in Boston, and installed in 1884 as original equipment for Zion Episcopal Church’s new
1883 building, Colton, NY (NRHP 1997).

Originally winded by hand-pumped bellows (carvings from 1886 visible), it received a Spencer Steel Orgoblo electric blower (SN 24552, Wind 4 rating) in 1931, converting the bellows to weighted reservoirs (rocks added atop).

In 1973, A. Richard Strauss of Ithaca, NY, restored the organ—cleaning pipes, repairing action, and re-leathering components—followed by rededication honoring organist Myrtle Smith Bullis (1931-1963).

Today, Op. 1222 retains its original pipework, case, action, and 1931 wind system in playing condition, with original Victorian voicing intact. Used in Episcopal liturgy, it exemplifies late Victorian design with bright principals and responsive tracker touch.