College of the Holy Cross: St. Joseph Memorial Chapel
1 College Street
Worcester, MA
Images
2022-10-31 - Console (Photograph by Johann Vexo/Johann Vexo)
2022-10-31 - Organ case (Photograph by Johann Vexo/Johann Vexo)
2022-10-31 - Chapel interior (Photograph by Johann Vexo/Johann Vexo)
2022-10-31 - Chapel exterior (Photograph by Johann Vexo/Johann Vexo)
2021-09-27 - Building (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-27 - Room (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-27 - Pedalboard (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-27 - Room (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-27 - Case Inscription (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-27 - Left stop jamb (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-27 - Right stop jamb (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2003-10-23 - Stopknobs (Photograph by Taylor & Boody website, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2003-10-24 - Interior to front (Photograph by Taylor & Boody website, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Unknown - Console (Photograph by Taylor & Boody website, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Unknown - Brustwerk doors (Photograph by Taylor & Boody website, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2021-09-27 - Room (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-27 - Console (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-27 - Behind the organ case (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-27 - Manual wind pump (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-27 - Facade detail (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2018-05-31 - Organ case in the rear gallery (Photograph by Stephen St.Denis/Database Manager)
2018-05-31 - Chapel interior (Photograph by Stephen St.Denis/Database Manager)
2017-11-05 - Keydesk and stops (Photograph by Stephen St.Denis/Database Manager)
2017-11-05 - Keydesk and trackers (Photograph by Stephen St.Denis/Database Manager)
2013-04-15 - Organ case (Photograph by Stephen St.Denis/Database Manager)
2018-05-31 - Chapel Exterior (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Database Manager)
2022-11-01 - Console (Johann Vexo/Johann Vexo)
2024-10-31 - Case and facade (Johann Vexo/Johann Vexo)
2024-10-31 - Church exterior (Johann Vexo/Johann Vexo)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
- 4 manuals
- 51 stops
- 54 registers
- 5 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Flat Jambs
- Manual compass: 56 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
- Combination action: None
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1998 -Database Manager
2008-07-06 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Wind supplied by by four wedge-bellows with pumping motors - no blower. Case patterned after 18th cent. cases by Hendrik Niehoff. Great chorus derived from Niehoff's Blockwerk concept. Ruckpositiv and Brustwerk are Schnitger-style. Oberwerk Renaissance-style 8' Trompet influenced by early French and Spanish reeds. Two tremulants: a Dom Bedos "tremblant doux" to the Ruckpositiv; and a Schnitger-type tremulant to the entire organ. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Stoplist: Holy Cross Organ Scholar Program, Music Department Home Page 1998 Date not recorded
Worcester, Massachusetts
Holy Cross College - St. Joseph's Chapel
Taylor and Boody, Op. 9, 1985
HAUPTWERK
16' Principal
8' Octave
8' Spillpfeife
5 1/3' Quint (c')
4' Octave
3 1/5' Tertia (c')
2 2/3' Quinte
2' Superoctave
VII-IX Mixture
16' Trompet
8' Trompet
OBERWERK
8' Principal
8' Hohlflote
8' Quintadena
4' Octave
4' Spielflote
2 2/3' Nasat
2' Gemshorn
1 3/5' Tierce
IV-V Mixture
III Rauschende Zimbel
8' Trompet
8' Vox Humana
RUCKPOSITIV
8' Principal
8' Gedackt
4' Octave
4' Rohrflote
2' Octave
2' Waldflote
1 1/3' Sifflet
II Sesquialtera
V-VIII Scharf
16' Dulcian
8' Schalmey
8' Trichterregal
BRUSTWERK
8' Gedackt
4' Blockflote
2' Octave
II Terzian
III Zimbel (Prepared for)
8' Regal
PEDAL
32' Gross Untersatz
16' Principal
16' Subbass
8' Octave
2' Nachthorn
II Rauschpfeife
V-VI Mixture
16' Posaune
8' Trompet
4' Trompet
2' Cornett
COUPLERS
HW/Ped
RP/Ped
OW/HW
RP/HW
MISC.
-Zimbelstern
-Two Tremulants
-Wind Pressure: 88mm.
-Temperment: after Kurnberger
-Manuals: C-g"
-Pedal: C-f
NOTES
In 1985, the College commissioned the installation in St.
Joseph Memorial Chapel of a Taylor and Boody four-manual,
tracker action baroque pipe organ. A concerts series is
offered yearly and has featured such internationally
acclaimed artists as Gustav Leonhart, Marie-Claire Alain,
Martin Haslebock, Thomas Schmogner, Olivier Latry, and
Jurg Neuenschwander.
-Zimbelstern
-Two Tremulants
-Wind Pressure: 88mm.
-Temperment: after Kirnberger
-Manuals: C-g"
-Pedal: C-f
NOTES
In 1985, the College commissioned the installation in St.
Joseph Memorial Chapel of a Taylor and Boody four-manual,
tracker action baroque pipe organ. A concerts series is
offered yearly and has featured such internationally
acclaimed artists as Gustav Leonhart, Marie-Claire Alain,
Martin Haslebock, Thomas Schmogner, Olivier Latry, and
Jurg Neuenschwander.
Source: OHS PC Database
HAUPTWERK Principal 16, Octave 8, Spillpfeife 8, Quint 5 1/3 (c'), Octave 4, Tertia 3 1/5 (c'), Quinte 2 2/3, Superoctave 2, Mixture VII-IX, Trompet 16, Trompet 8
OBERWERK Hohlflote 8, Quintadena 8, Octave 4, Nasat 2 2/3, Spielflote 4, Gemshorn 2, Tierce 1 3/5, Mixture IV-V, Rauschende Zimbel III, Trompet 8, Vox Humana 8
RUCKPOSITIV Gedackt 8, Octave 4, Rohrflote 4, Principal 8, Octave 2, Sifflet 1 1/3, Waldflote 2, Scharf V-VIII, Sesquialtera II, Dulcian 16, Schalmey 8, Trichterregal 8, Zimbel III
BRUSTWERK Blockflote 4, Octave 2, Gedackt 8, Terzian II, Regal 8
PEDAL Gross Untersatz 32, Principal 16, Subbass 16, Octave 8, Nachthorn 2, Rauschpfeife II, Mixture V-VI, Posaune 16, Trompet 8, Trompet 4, Cornett 2
HAUPTWERK to PEDAL 8, RUCKPOSITIV to PEDAL 8, OBERWERK to HAUPTWERK 8, RUCKPOSITIV to HAUPTWERK 8
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