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Unknown Builder (1885ca.)

Our Lady of the Presentation Roman Catholic Church
676 Washington Street
Boston (Brighton), MA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


Images


1988 - Church exterior (Joe Houley/Andrew Scanlon)

2021 - Church exterior front (Facebook page/Andrew Scanlon)

2021 - Church exterior (Facebook page/Andrew Scanlon)

Before 2021 - Interior before 2021 (Brighton Allston Historical Society/Andrew Scanlon)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - Rebuilt A. B. DeCourcey 1920. -Database Manager

2024-03-10 - From Joe Houley who was the organist here for many years: Brief history of Presentation pipe organ: The small pipe organ, a tracker was deconstructed, "divided" and given a more modern electro/pneumatic action by Laws ... The quality of the work was quite sub-par, an unfortunate characteristic of this fellow named Laws. The pastor refused to complete the payments and the man sued. This was the situation when I first assisted there in 1971. The new pastor fought the suit but was advised to settle. A fellow from CT was engaged to tune and get into a useful state. However, it was not mechanically reliable. The time between service calls grew smaller and I would have to limp things along. In 1988-9 I was unable to secure an organist to play for my own wedding. The pastor decided to replace it with a Rodgers. It was there until the parish was closed. After that time, it suffered vandalism during a youthful break-in. -Andrew Scanlon


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