St. Mark's Catholic Church: Sanctuary; rear gallery
1725 Dorchester Ave
Boston (Dorchester Center), MA
Note: Not playable. (in this location)
Images
1970s - Photo of Leo Abbott showing the original console (Photograph from an archival source: St. Mark's yearbook, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)
1940's - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2021-07-10 - Swell Bourdon bass pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-07-10 - Pedal Bourdon pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-07-10 - Swell pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-07-10 - Great pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-07-03 - Cases on either side of the window (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
Consoles
Main
- 2 manuals
- 12 stops
- 12 registers
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Notes
2007-09-08 - Identified by James R. Stettner through information from the Estey Opus List, published in The Boston Organ Club newsletter, 1973-1979. -Database Manager
2021-07-10 - As of 7/10/21: All pipes are extant in the instrument though unplayable. An Aeolian-Skinner/Hall organ is placed in front of it. Chests are tubular pneumatic. Though the windlines are still intact, the blower is missing. Only the pedalboard and bench from the original console survive. -John Roper
2021-12-01 - From Leo Abbott: "The Great did not originally have a 2' but had a Gross Flute 8'. Lem Hirtle, who maintained the organ in the 1960's, changed it at my suggestion so the organ would have a little brightness. I was also told that there originally was a 'synthetic oboe' in the Swell and that was later replaced by a regular Oboe, long before I started playing that organ." -John Roper
Stoplist
Source: Taken from chests
Great Open Diapason 8, Gross Flute 8, Dulciana 8, Octave 4
Swell Bourdon 16, Open Diapason 8, Stopped Diapason 8, Salicional 8, Harmonic Flute 4, Oboe 8, Tremolo
Pedal Open Diapason 16, Bourdon 16
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