Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Basilica
409 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, MD
Images
2023-12-08 - Builder nameplate (Photograph by Tyler Horton, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-12-08 - Console and organ case (Photograph by Tyler Horton, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-12-08 - Console (Photograph by Tyler Horton, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2007-06-12 - Basilica exterior aerial view (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2016-08-24 - Interior from gallery (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2015-03-25 - Organ gallery (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2010-12-09 - Basilica interior (Photograph by onlyinyourstate.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-10-23 - Console (Photograph by Paul Binko, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2015-12-16 - Gallery, Organ Case, and Dome Interior (Photograph by John Igoe/Database Manager)
2015-12-16 - Organ Case (Photograph by John Igoe/Database Manager)
2023 - Facade in room (Len Levasseur/John Roper)
Consoles
Main
- Console position: Movable Console
- 3 manuals
- 39 stops
- 40 registers
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Manual compass: 58 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
Notes
2004-10-30 - The original builder was Hilborne Roosevelt (1884, Opus143). -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1991 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Uses Hall case of 1817. Rebuild of 1884 Hilborne Roosevelt Op. 143. Flat pedalboard. Roosevelt pipework unchanged. -Database Manager
2006-01-06 - Updated through online information from Mark Hurley. -- The organ was totally playable before the current renovation of the Basilica. Most of the organ's pipes, save the largest, were put into storage by the Andover Organ Company. Organ will be reassembled upon the renovation project at the Basilica. -Database Manager
2011-06-10 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2011-06-12 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The organ is located in the left transept gallery; Schantz supplied a period console as part of the rebuild of 1884 Hilborne L. Roosevelt Op. 143. -Database Manager
2014-08-28 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. -- Organ in Gallery on left side of building -Database Manager
2018-02-27 - Updated by Gregg Patruno, listing this website as a source of information: http://www.andoverorgan.com/organs.rest.414.php<br>
During the Basilica's renovation in 2004-2006, Andover updated the organ console: "the electronics were upgraded and a 30-note concave-radiating pedalboard installed and the console made movable on casters." -Database Manager
2022-10-14 - The 1989 Schantz work employed slider chests with electric pull-downs from Organ Supply Industries, not EP Blackinton-type slider chests as noted. -Reginald Hulsey
Stoplist
Source: Stoplist from The Tracker Date not recorded
Baltimore, Maryland
Basilica of the National Shrine of the
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Schantz Op. 1933 1989 3/46
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GREAT SWELL
16' Double Open Diapason 58 16' Bourdon 58
8' Open Diapason 58 8' Open Diapason 58
8' Gemshorn 58 8' Stopped Diapason 58
8' Principal Flöte 58 8' Spitz Flöte 58
8' Doppel Flöte 58 8' Salicional 58
8' Viola da Gamba 58 8' Voix Celeste 46
4' Octave 58 4' Octave 58
4' Flûte Harmonique 58 4' Hohl Flöte 58
2 2/3' Octave Quint 58 * 2' Flageolet 58
2' Super Octave 58 * III-IV-V Cornet 229
IV Mixture 232 * 8' Cornopean 58
8' Trumpet 58 * 8' Oboe 58
8' Vox Humana 58
* Enclosed with Choir Tremulant
CHOIR PEDAL
8' Geigen Principal 58 16' Open Diapason 30
8' Quintadena 58 16' Bourdon 30
8' Concert Flute 58 16' Lieblich Gedeckt 30
8' Dolce 58 10 2/3' Quint 30
4' Fugara 58 8' Violone Cello 30
4' Flute d'Amour 58 8' Gedeckt 12
2' Piccolo 58 16' Trombone 30
8' Clarinet 58
Tremulant
COUPLER KNOBS
GREAT CHOIR
Great Super Swell to Choir
Swell to Great
Swell to Great Super PEDAL
Choir to Great Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Choir to Pedal
ADJUSTABLE COMBINATIONS
Great Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6 (thumb)
Swell Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6 (thumb)
Choir Pistons 1-2-3-4 (thumb)
Pedal Pistons 1-2-3-4 (toe)
General Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6 (thumb, toe)
REVERSIBLES
Great to Pedal (thumb, toe)
Swell to Pedal (thumb, toe)
Choir to Pedal (thumb, toe)
Sforzando (thumb, toe)
Reeds Off (toe)
Mixtures Off (toe)
ACCESSORIES
Balanced Swell Pedal
Balanced Choir Pedal
Crescendo Pedal
Crescendo Selector Panel (Std-A-B-C)
Crescendo Programming Panel
[Received online from Jeff Scofield June 9, 2011]
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