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Woodberry & Harris Opus 243 (1889)

St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church
20 Church Street
Hopkinton, MA

Images

2022-06-28 - Left stop jamb (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2022-06-28 - Church interior (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2022-06-28 - Façade pipes (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2022-06-28 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2022-06-28 - Right stop jamb (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2022-06-28 - Console (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2022-06-28 - Organ facade (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2022-06-28 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2022-06-28 - Church exterior (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
21 stops
19 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical

Notes

2008-09-08 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- 3-sectional facade containing 27 ornately stencilled pipes arranged: 7-13-7. The organ was dedicated an Pontifical Vespers on September 2, 1889. Original cost was $3,500.00. The organ was refurbished by Andover in 1971 as their R-153. Sources: Andover opus list; extant organ documented August 11, 1989. -Database Manager

2016-06-05 - Updated through online information from Brendan Kenney. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the keydesk April 11, 1989 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Hopkinton, Massachusetts
St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church

WOODBERRY & HARRIS, Opus 243, 1889 - Original Specifications
Andover Organ Co., R-153, 1971 - Mechanical Renovation


GREAT                                        COUPLERS (Drawknob)
   16    Open Diapason              61          Swell to Pedal Coup.
   8     Open Diapason              61          Great to Pedal Coup.
   8     Melodia                    61
   8     Dulciana                   61          Swell to Great Coup.
   4     Octave                     61          Swell to Great 8ͮͣ  Coup.
   2-2/3 Octave Quinte              61
   2     Super Octave               61
   III   Mixture    [  -  -  ]     183       FOOT LEVERS (Labeled; l - r)
   8     Trumpet                    61          Piano Great – 8' Mel., 8' Dul.

                                                Reversible Gr. to Ped.
SWELL (Expressive) 
   16    Bourdon Treble       (tc)  49          Forte Great – 16,8,8,8,4,2-2/3,2,III 
   16    Bourdon Bass               12
   8     Violin Diapason            61
   8     Stopped Diapason           61       PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   8     Salicional                 61          Swell Expression              (bal.)
   4     Flute Harmonique           61
   4     Violina                    61
   III   Cornet     [  -  -  ]     183       ACTION: Mechanical Key & Stop
   8     Oboe                 (tc)  49
   8     Bassoon                    12       VOICES: 19
         Tremolo
                                             STOPS: 21

PEDAL                                        RANKS: 23
   16    Open Diapason              27
   16    Bourdon                    27       PIPES: 1,335


NOTES
The original cost of the organ was $3,500.00. The organ is free-standing and encased
in the rear gallery. The 3-sectional façade contains 27 stenciled pipes arranged:
7 – 13 - 7. The keydesk is attached and projecting. It has a lid which can be lifted
to form a music rack. Stops are as drawknobs in terraced jambs on either side of the
manuals. The organ was formally dedicated at the Pontifical Vesper Service on September
2, 1889.

Sources: W&H opus list; Parish records; notes in the files at the Andover Organ
         Co.; JRS; extant organ.

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2014-06-07.]