Better Pipe Organ Database

Gebrüder Oberlinger (1987)

St. Peter Catholic Church
98 Franklin Square
New Britain, CT

Images

2024 - Façade (Unknown/Nate Pultorak)

2024 - Console (Unknown/Nate Pultorak)

2021 - Organ in rear gallery (Katie Pinette Studios/Scanlon Andrew)

2021 - Facade (Katie Pinette Studios/Scanlon Andrew)

2021 - Console (Katie Pinette Studios/Scanlon Andrew)

2021 - Organ looking to ceiling (Katie Pinette Studios/Scanlon Andrew)

2021 - Nave (Katie Pinette Studios/Scanlon Andrew)

2021 - Nave side interior (Katie Pinette Studios/Scanlon Andrew)

2014 - Exterior (Katie Pinette Studios/Scanlon Andrew)

2021 - Exterior rear (Katie Pinette Studios/Scanlon Andrew)

2021 - Archival image of exterior (Unknown/Scanlon Andrew)

Before 1960 - Archival image of interior (before Vatican II) (Unknown/Scanlon Andrew)

2021 - Interior to front (Katie Pinette Studios/Scanlon Andrew)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
25 stops
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes

Notes

2025-03-26 - Following an inspection after the earthquake in New Jersey in April 2024, structural damage was found in the church which had already ceased Sunday Masses. As of March 26, 2025, the diocese plans to have the church demolished. However, according to a comment on a Facebook post discussing the proposed demolition, a commenter claims to have spoken to the diocese, who said there is a potential buyer -Nate Pultorak

2025-03-27 - Building has irreparable structural damage and is Slated for demolition during 2025. The organ will be removed. Source: Hartford Courant, 03/25/2025 Information received online from William Hively on 2025-03-25 -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Specification from church web site Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

New Britain, Connecticut
St. Peter Roman Catholic Church

Gebrüder Oberlinger   1987              2 manuals, 25 stops, 33 ranks
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        GREAT (Man. I)                      POSITIVE (Man. II)
    16' Bordun             56           16' Gedackt            56
     8' Principal          56            8' Salicional         56
     8' Rohrflöte          56            8' Unda maris         56
     4' Octave             56            4' Querflöte          56
     4' Coppel             56            4' Principal          56
 2 2/3' Nasat              56               Sesquialter II    112
     2' Superoctave        56        1 1/3' Quinte             56
 1 3/5' Terz               56               Cymbel IV         224
        Mixture V         280            8' Krummhorn          56
     8' Trompete           56            8' Vox humana         56
                                            Tremulant
        PEDAL
    16' Subbass            30               COUPLERS
     8' Octavbass          30               I-Ped.
     4' Choralbass         30               II-Ped.
    16' Posaune            30               II-I
     8' Trompete           30


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2015-01-02]

Websites

Save our church - Link to website featuring history, photos. (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)