Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church
551 Pleasant Street
Worcester, MA
Images
2021-08-21 - Swell chamber (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-08-21 - Pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-08-21 - Swell pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-08-21 - Swell pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-08-21 - Swell pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-08-21 - Swell pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-08-21 - Swell pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-08-21 - Pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-08-21 - Choir pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-08-21 - Choir division pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-08-18 - Choir division pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-08-18 - Great division and facade pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-08-18 - Great pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-08-18 - Pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-08-18 - Great division pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-08-18 - Facade (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-08-18 - Builder's plate (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-08-18 - Pedalboard (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-08-18 - Coupler rail (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-08-18 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-08-18 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-15 - Swell chamber (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-15 - Swell chamber (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-15 - A view from the swell ladder (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-15 - Choir chamber (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-15 - Choir chamber (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-15 - Pedal trebles and choir chamber (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-15 - Great chest and facade (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-15 - Great chest (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-15 - Great chest (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-15 - Pedal pipework, entrance to the choir chamber, and tower ladder. (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-15 - Pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-15 - Chamber entrance (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-15 - Facade (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-15 - Console (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-15 - Balcony (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-15 - Building interior (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-15 - Building exterior (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2019-06-17 - Organ case in rear gallery (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Jeff Scofield)
2019-06-17 - Church interior to rear gallery and organ case (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Jeff Scofield)
2019-10-06 - Console (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Database Manager)
2019-10-06 - Facade (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Database Manager)
2019-06-17 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 3 manuals
- 23 stops
- 27 registers
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- 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 tutti toe pistons
- Has coupler trundles
Notes
2006-05-08 - Identified through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i> Extant; unaltered.</i> -Database Manager
2020-04-28 - Blessed Sacrament’s church organ was dismantled piece by piece in 2016 and transported to the A. Thompson-Allen Company LLC of New Haven, Conn., where it underwent a complete and historically accurate restoration. Prior to the 2016 removal, Opus 736 was one of the few 3 manual Skinner Organs extant that was in completely original condition. In 2016, the organ was in use and playable but in need of major work. The removing of the organ coincided with needed structural repairs to organ chamber in the central bell tower. The organ was reinstalled in its original location in the rear gallery of the church during the spring and summer of 2019. On October 6, 2019 Thomas Murray gave a recital to celebrate the reinstallation of Skinner Organ Co, Opus 736. The organ is in frequent use. -Stephen St.Denis
2023-07-15 - I respectfully dispute the statement "The organ has been renovated with changes from its original state." There were no known "changes." This is AUTHENTIC E. M. Skinner. -Leonardo Ciampa
Stoplist
Typed stoplist Source: from The Diapason, October 1928, via Steve Bournias Date not recorded
Worcester, Massachusetts
Church of the Blessed Sacrament, R.C.
Skinner Organ Company Opus 736 1928 3 manuals, 23 stops, 26 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Bourdon 5 PED 8' Diapason 73
8' First Diapason 61 8' Rohrflöte 73
8' Second Diapason 61 8' Salicional 73
8' Flute Harmonique 61 8' Voix Celeste 73
4' Octave 61 4' Octave 73
II Grave Mixture 122 4' Flute Triangulaire 73
III Mixture 183
CHOIR ORGAN 16' Waldhorn 73
8' Concert Flute 73 8' Trumpet 73
8' Dulciana 73 8' Oboe 73
8' Unda Maris (TC) 61 Tremolo
4' Flute 73
8' Clarinet 73 PEDAL ORGAN
Tremolo 16' Diapason 32
16' Contre Basse 32
16' Bourdon 32
8' Octave 12
8' Gedeckt 12
4' Flute 12
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-06-12]
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