Christ Church Cathedral, Episcopal
35 Chestnut Street
Springfield, MA
Images
Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1912)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Displays ((1976) Promotional photo in the collection of James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
Unknown - Pedal Pipework (32' Diapason) ((ca. 1953) Promotional photo in the collection of James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
Unknown - North Transept Pipe Display ((ca. 1953) Promotional photo in the collection of James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
Unknown - Chancel Pipe Display (Great & Positiv) ((ca. 1953) Promotional photo in the collection of James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- 3 manuals
- 41 stops
- 53 registers
- 5 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2005-01-07 - Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 29, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager
2007-05-18 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Organ installed in front on left side of chancel. Pipes exposed in functional displays on both chancel and transept sides. Pedal 32' Open Diapason (wood) retained from previous 1911 Steere. These pipes are exposed on the left transept back wall. -Database Manager
2014-04-21 - Tonal changes in Theodore Gilbert & Associates as part of ongoing rebuild begun in 1985; now 3/54. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> March 1952 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Springfield, Massachusetts
Christ Church Cathedral, Episcopal
Austin Op. 2195 1953 3/49
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GREAT (exposed) SWELL
16' Violone 61 8' Geigen 68
8' Open Diapason 61 8' Melodia 68
8' Diapason Conique 61 8' Gambe 68
8' Harmonic Flute 61 8' Gambe Celeste 56
4' Octave 61 4' Fugara 68
4' Quintaten 61 4' Chimney Flute 68
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 III Mixture 183
2' Fifteenth 61 16' Contra Fagotto 68
III Mixture 183 8' Trompette 68
8' Tuba 68 8' Oboe 68
Sub 8' Vox Humana 61
Unison Off 4' Clarion 68
Super Tremolo
Sub
CHOIR Unison Off
8' Viola 68 Super
8' Concert Flute 68
8' Dolce 68 PEDAL
8' Dolce Celeste 56 32' Dbl Open Diapason 32 *
4' Koppelflöte 68 16' Open Diapason 12
2 2/3' Nazard 61 16' Violone GT
2' Blockflöte 61 16' Gedeckt 12 SW
1 3/5' Tierce 61 8' Octave 32
8' Krummhorn 68 8' Principal GT
Tremolo 8' Flute 32
8' Tuba GT 4' Choral Bass 12
Sub 4' Flauto Dolce 12
Unison Off 2' Flautino 12
Super III Mixture 96
16' Bombarde 32
POSITIV (exposed) 16' Contra Fagotto SW
8' Bourdon 61 8' Trumpet 12
4' Prestant 61 8' Fagotto SW
2' Doublette 61 4' Clarion 12
1 1/3' Quint 61
III Cymbal 183
* Located on the back wall of the north transept
[Received online from Jeff Scofield April 21, 2014]
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