Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church
1321 Centre Street
Newton Centre, MA
Images
2019 - Rear gallery and organ (Photograph by Flickr Stephen St Denis, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2015 - Close-up of façade pipes (Photograph by Richard Pelland, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2015 - Interior from Organ loft (Photograph by Richard Pelland, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2019 - Interior floor level (Photograph by Facebook, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2022-08-21 - Exterior side (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2022-08-21 - Exterior front (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2024-09-07 - Narthex (Gone churching/Scanlon Andrew)
2024-09-07 - Console (Gone churching/Scanlon Andrew)
2024-09-07 - Gallery, console, case (Gone churching/Scanlon Andrew)
2024-09-07 - Pedalboard and expression shoes (Gone churching/Scanlon Andrew)
2024-09-07 - Facade (Gone churching/Scanlon Andrew)
2024-09-07 - Organ in rear gallery (Gone churching/Scanlon Andrew)
2024-09-07 - Nave (Gone churching/Scanlon Andrew)
2024-09-07 - Stoptabs (Gone churching/Scanlon Andrew)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 2 manuals
- 40 stops
- 24 registers
- 3 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
Gallery
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 2 manuals
- 39 stops
- 53 registers
- 3 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2008-09-15 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This was the electrification on new chests of the existing Jesse Woodberry & Co. organ with tonal changes and additions. The Pedal 16' Open Diapason [wood] and 8' Cello remained 30 pipes even though the pedalboard was 32-notes. The 16' Bourdon, however, was extended and unified to 16-8-4. The organ was scheduled to be re-trackerized by Andover. Source: extant organ documented June 26, 1989. -Database Manager
2021-01-16 - The chests are Woodberry, with electro-pneumatic pulldown machines and stop action by Kershaw. There are now numerous e-p offset and unit chests added by Kershaw for the facade, Principal 16', Swell 16' Bourdon, Swell Nazard/Piccolo unit, and Pedal treble extensions. The original double-rise reservoir is in place, releathered well by Kershaw, but now with metal ducting. The unenclosed Great was enclosed in a masonite Swell box by Kershaw, but the shades and expression motor are now removed. The Great Principal 16' originally stood on the main chest with the bottom octave tubed off, and now stands on two unit chests by Kershaw. The Swell Bourdon 16' originally had a double slider for treble and bass (1-12), and these pipes also now stand on Kershaw unit chests. The original pipes are all marked with the no. 274.
The organ is powered by a 1 h.p. Spencer blower from the 1920s. There is an unconfirmed legend in the church the organ was second hand, but the oak case looks custom-built for this gallery location. The diatonic "M" chests are placed horizontally, Great on the left, Swell on the right, with the 3-stop pedal "A" chest across the rear. The pipework is very high quality and the voicing is very fine for the period, the Great chorus being rather brilliant. The reed shallots all have tinned exterior surfaces.
The all-electric console is Kershaw built, with patent permission from Austin. The oak casework shows no evidence of an attached console, so the original console would have been detached. Given its age, the action could have been either mechanical or tubular-pneumatic. The pedal chest is pneumatic, potentially a ventil chest, and of the same age as the main chests, giving credence to the possibility that the organ was pneumatic and not a tracker. -Scot Huntington
Stoplist
Source: Taken from the console Jan. 15, 2021
Rostron Kershaw (1956)
Sacred Heart R.C. Church
Newton Centre, Massachusetts
Attributed to Jesse Woodberry & Co., ca. 1900, No. 274
Compasses: 61-note manuals, 32-note pedalboard/30-note pedal chest
GREAT [Kershaw enclosure, shades now missing]
16' Principal [toeboard empty, 1-24 originally tubed off; 1-12 spurious,
sc. 33, 13-24 facade, from middle-c on unit chest]
8' Diapason [spurious tab, sc. 43, 1-15 facade]
8' Principal [8' sc. 50, extension of 16']
8' Melodia [stopped bass; marked "Ch"; metal trebles "Fl d'Amour"]
8' Flute [spurious tab, ext. Swell 16']
8' Dulciana [sc. 56]
8' Unda Maris [sc. 59, on Gamba toeboard, old Sw. Aeoline pipes, t.c.]
4' Octave [sc. 57]
4' Flute [marked "Sw.", narrow stopped wood]
4' Flute d'Amour [extension Sw. 16']
2 2/3' Twelfth [sc. 64, marked "Oct Qt"]
2' Fifteenth [sc. 69, marked "Sup Oct"]
III Mixture [2, 1 1/3, 1; octave breaks c', c'''; sc.69, 64 arched, 69]
8' Trumpet [tinned shallots]
Chimes [tenor-a to e"]
Great to Great 16', 4', Unison Off
Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'
SWELL [Woodberry enclosure]
16' Bourdon [originally divided Treble/Bass, now 4 unit offset chests]
8' Violin Diapason [sc. 45, common metal, stopped 1-9]
8' Stopped Diapason
8' Viola d'Gamba [sc. 54, former Gr. Gamba, tin, no pipes 1-6]
8' Voix Celeste [sc. 56, on Aeoline toeboard, 1-12 capped Aeoline,
remainder former Salicional, deslotted, tuned sharp]
4' Flute [sc. #1, harmonic @ middle-c]
4' Violina [sc. 69, currently dead]
2 2/3' Nazard [from Sw. 16', trebles spurious open metal "Picc"]
2' Piccolo [from Sw. 16', inoperable]
III Mixture* [1956, 2, 1 1/3, 1; fifth breaks c', f#'']
8' Oboe [tinned shallots, originally divided Treble/Bass]
8' Vox Humana [tinned shallots, tenor-c, lifting lid]
Tremulant
Swell to Swell 16', 4', Unison Off
* replaced original Dolce Cornet III
PEDAL (on two 1956 unit or ventil chests, C and C#, 30 notes, offset trebles)
32' Resultant [Diap. 16', Bour. 10 2/3', 32' Diap. at tenor-c]
16' Open Diapason [open wood, signed "E Grosse 1900", spurious extensions]
16' Principal [Great 16' unit]
16' Bourdon {spurious extensions]
16' Lieblich Gedeckt [Swell]
8' Principal [ext. Great]
8' Bourdon [ext. Bourdon]
8' Gedeckt [ext. Swell]
8' Cello [sc. 50]
5 1/3' Quint [ext. Swell]
4' Choral Bass [ext. Great]
4' Flute [ext. Bourdon]
4' Lieblich Flute [ext. Swell]
Great to Pedal 8', 4'
Swell to Pedal 8', 4'
MECHANICALS
Expression pedals for Great and Swell
Crescendo Pedal
Gr.to Pedal Reversible [thumb and toe]
Sforzando [thumb and toe]
General Cancel
Great 1-5
Swell 1-5
Pedal 1-4 [thumb and toe]
General 1-6 [thumb and toe]
Metal pipework all spotted metal with zinc basses longer than 3', with the exception of the Principal 16', Open 8' and Sw. Diapason and Harmonic Flute, which are heavy common metal. The Swell Gamba is of tin.
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