Robert M. Turner (1999)

Images

March 2022 - Console (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2022-03-08 - Church exterior taken on Bow St near Harvard Square (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon )

2022-03-08 - Console in rear gallery, situated at an angle facing the west wall (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon )

2013-02-02 - Console and Organ Case (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

2013-02-02 - Nave, Balcony, and Organ Case (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

2011-06-10 - Console (Photograph by Alex Pattavina/Database Manager)

Consoles

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Notes

2009-11-21 - Identified through online information from a student. -- New console for existing Gallery and Chancel Organs. -Database Manager

2011-06-10 - Updated through online information from Alex P.. -- Gallery Organ built 1905 (moved to current building in 1920's), enlarged, revised by Casavant, enlarged, additions by Aeolian Skinner. Chancel Organ built in 1947 by Casavant, digital voices added later. 8' Trompette en Chamade is behind altar, possibly from Mother Church in Boston, and scaled down to fit the room -Database Manager

2013-08-05 - Updated through online information from Alexander Pattavina. -Database Manager

2020-10-30 - From the church's 2020 Wikipedia page: An organ of 35 stops was built for the original church building in 1904 by Jesse Woodberry & Co (Opus 251), designed by Edward MacGoldrick. The organ was enlarged to 50 stops and relocated to the gallery of the present building between 1923 and 1924 by Emil Mias. Mias died before the organ's completion, so his son, Paul F.C. Mias finished the organ. Casavant Frères built in 1947 a new console for the Woodberry/Mias organ, which was their Op. 1893. In 1959, Casavant annexed a Chancel organ (Op. 1893, 2560A) of 19 ranks, in the 'neo-baroque' style in the south transept to the Woodberry/Mias gallery organ. The gallery organ underwent significant tonal alterations in 1971 under the direction of Arthur Birchall, former vice-president of Aeolian-Skinner. A new “console" was completed in 1999 by Robert M. Turner, and numerous electronic "voices" were synthesized by Walker Technical Company. In 2015 plans were finalized to return the console to its original position in the Organ gallery, and the digital voices were all removed, along with the neo-baroque pipework. An 1855 chamber organ was also erected in the South transept for use when the choir sings in that location. -Jeff Scofield

2022-03-09 - Within the last 10 years, all of the digital voices have been removed. The Casavant pipework formerly located in the front corner has also been completely removed. The 3-man console by Robert Turner has been relocated to the rear gallery, and any stop knobs or couplers associated with the old digital voices or chancel division have been removed. See 2022 console picture. What remains is a small (approx 35 rank) three-manual pipe organ comprised of the pipework that was present prior to the 1990s Turner expansion. most of it works although none of it is in great condition, but it sounds spectacular in the room because of the generous acoustic. -Andrew Scanlon

Stoplist

Taken from the console (from memory) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Cambridge, Massachusetts (Harvard Square) St. Paul Roman Catholic Church Gallery Organ - Jesse Woodbury & Co. 1905 Additions by Aeolian Skinner Chancel Organ - Casavant Freres 1907 Digital Additions ~Gallery Organ~ Choir (Enclosed, shares pedal with Chancel Enclosed Great): Irish Harp (Digital) 8 Geigen Diapason 8 Concert Flute 8 Gedeckt 8 Gamba 8 Gamba Celeste 8 Dulciana 8 Unda Maris 4 Octave 4 Koppelflote 2 2/3 Nazard 2 Blockflote 1 3/5 Tierce 1 1/3 Larigot III Petite Forniture 8 Tuba Mirabilis (Unenclosed) 16 Corno di Bassetto 8 Trompette Harmonique 8 French Horn 8 English Horn 8 Flugelhorn 8 Clarinet 8 Vox Humana Tremulant Choir Sub, Unison Off, Super MIDI Great (Unenclosed): 16 Violone (Ped., 1-32 only) 16 Gemshorn 8 Principal 8 Violoncelle (not extended) 8 Gemshorn (not extended) 8 Flute Harmonique (affected by Choir Tremulant) 8 Bourdon 4 Octave 4 Flute Octaviante 2 2/3 Quinte 2 Fifteenth IV Mixture 8 Trumpet 16 Double Tromba (Ped., 1-44 only) 8 Tromba (Ped., 1-32 only) 4 Tromba Clarion (Ped., prep. [?]) 8 Tuba Mirabilis 8 Trompette Harmonique Great Sub, Unison Off MIDI Choir Melody to Great (affects Chancel Positiv as well) Swell (Enclosed): 16 Lieblich Gedeckt 8 Stopped Diapason 8 Viola Pomposa 8 Viola Celeste 8 Flauto Dolce 8 Flute Celeste 4 Principal 4 Waldflote 2 Octave III Plein Jeu 16 Fagotto 8 Cornopean 4 Clarion BLANK BLANK BLANK Tremulant Swell Sub, Unison Off, Super MIDI Great Trombas on Swell (affects Great Tromba and Double Tromba) 8 Choir to Swell Pedal (Unenclosed): 32 Contra Geigen 32 Untersatz 16 Montre (in Facade, mirroring Diapason [?]) 16 Diapason (in Facade, mirroring Montre [?]) 16 Bourdon 16 Violone 16 Lieblich Gedeckt (from Swell) 10 2/3 Grosse Quinte 8 Montre (ext. 16 [?]) 8 Octave 8 Bourdon 8 Cello 8 Gedeckt (from Swell, ext. 16 [?]) 4 Super Octave 4 Solo Flute (enclosed in Choir, affected by Tremulant) 32 Contra Posaune 16 Bombarde 16 Trombone 16 Corno di Bassetto (from Choir) 8 Tromba 4 Clarion (prep. [?]) Tremulant (affects Gallery Solo Flute 4 and Chancel Rohr Schalmei 4) Chimes MIDI Gallery Couplers: 8 Great to Pedal 8 Swell to Pedal 8 Choir to Pedal 4 Great to Pedal 4 Swell to Pedal 4 Choir to Pedal 8 Swell to Great 8 Choir to Great 16 Swell to Great 16 Choir to Great 4 Swell to Great 4 Choir to Great 8 Swell to Choir 16 Swell to Choir 4 Swell to Choir Gallery Ventil (turns all Gallery stops off) ~Chancel Organ~ Positiv (Unenclosed): 8 Rohrflote 8 Erzahler 4 Klein Prinzipal 4 Nachthorn 2 Gemshorn III Cymbel 8 Trompette en Chamade (behind altar) Chimes (enclosed in Swell, digital) Positiv Sub, Unison Off MIDI Great (Unenclosed): 16 Flute Conique (from Swell, digital) 8 Principal 8 Bourdon 8 Spitzflote (enclosed, digital) 8 Spitzflote Celeste (enclosed, digital) 4 Octave 4 Klein Prinzipal (from Positiv) 2 Blockflote IV Mixture 8 Trumpet (enclosed, digital) 8 Cromorne (enclosed, digital) Great Sub, Unison Off, Super MIDI Swell (Enclosed, digital): 8 Diapason 8 Viole de Gambe 8 Viole Celeste 8 Holzflote 8 Dulcet II 4 Principal 4 Flute Harmonique 2 2/3 Nazard 2 Flageolet 1 3/5 Tierce 1 1/3 Larigot III Plein Jeu 16 Basson 8 Trompette 8 Hautbois Cymbelstern Swell Sub, Unison Off, Super MIDI Pedal (Unenclosed) 16 Principal (enclosed, digital) 16 Subbass (enclosed, digital) 16 Bourdon Doux (enclosed, digital) 16 Flute Conique (from Swell, digital) 8 Spitz Principal 8 Holzflote (from Swell) 4 Choral Bass 16 Posaune (from Swell, digital) 16 Basson (from Swell) 8 Trompette (from Swell) 4 Rohr Schalmei (from Swell, digital, affected by Tremulant) Chancel Couplers: 8 Great to Pedal 8 Swell to Pedal 8 Positiv to Pedal 4 Great to Pedal 4 Swell to Pedal 4 Positiv to Pedal 8 Swell to Great 8 Positiv to Great 16 Swell to Great 16 Positiv to Great 4 Swell to Great 8 Swell to Positiv 16 Swell to Positiv 4 Swell to Positiv 8 Great to Positiv 8 Pedal to Positiv Chancel Ventil (turns all Chancel stops off) ~General~ Functions: -Transposer -Settable Crescendo (Standard, Orchestral) -Balanced Pedals for 1) Gal. Ch./Ch. Enc. Gt., 2) Gal. Swell, 3) Ch. Swell, 4) Crescendo -Copy/Move memory banks -All Swells to Swell (Coupler) -Great/Choir Transfer (Coupler) Combination Action: 16 Banks of Memory, duplexed by A/B/C/D 16 General Pistons (1-8 duplicated by 8 Divisional Pistons and Divisional Cancels (0) to Choir/Positiv, Great, Swell 8 Divisional Toe Studs to Pedal (1-4 duplicated by pistons) Ensembles (settable \"appels\", change with memory banks) I-IV General Piston Sequencer - Next and Previous Pistons and Toe Studs Set and [General] Cancel Pistons Reversibles: 32 Contra Geigen Piston and Toe Paddle 32 Untersatz Piston and Toe Paddle 32 Contra Posaune Toe Paddle Cymbelstern Toe Paddle Ensembles I-IV Toe Paddles (8) Great to Pedal (Chancel and Gallery) Piston (8) Swell to Pedal (Chancel and Gallery) Piston (8) Choir/Positiv to Pedal (Chancel and Gallery) Piston All Swells to Swell Piston Choir Melody to Great Piston Gallery: (8) Great to Pedal Toe Stud (8) Swell to Pedal Toe Stud (8) Choir to Pedal Toe Stud (8) Swell to Choir Piston (8) Swell to Great Piston (8) Choir to Great Piston Chancel: (8) Great to Pedal Toe Stud (8) Swell to Pedal Toe Stud (8) Positiv to Pedal Toe Stud (8) Swell to Positiv Piston (8) Swell to Great Piston (8) Positiv to Great Piston Blower Key [Received from an organist 2011-06-10.]

St. Paul Church | Harvard Square Cambridge, Massachusetts 1904 Jesse Woodberry & Co., Opus 251 1923 Paul F.C. Mias, enlargement and relocation 1947 Casavant Frères, new console, Opus 1893 1959 Casavant Frères, Chancel organ, Opus 2560A 1971 Arthur Birchall (in conjunction with Casavant Frères), tonal alterations 1981 Nelson Barden & Thad Outerbridge (pipework by Thomas Anderson), replacements after vandalism 1998 Walker Technical Co., (J97099) electronic voices (Charlie Callahan) 1998 Robert M. Turner, Console 1. Gallery Choir (enclosed) *8 Geigen Prinzipal *8 Concert Flute *8 Gamba *8 Gamba Celeste 8 Gedeckt 8 Dulciana 8 Unda Maris (T.C.) *4 Octave 4 Koppelflöte 2 2/3 Nazard 2 Blockflöte 1 3/5 Tierce 1 1/3 Larigot *III Petite Fourniture *16 Corno di Bassetto *8 Tuba Mirabilis (unenclosed) *8 Trompette harmonique *8 French Horn *8 English Horn *8 Flugelhorn 8 Clarinet *8 Vox Humana * Irish Harp Tremulant 2. Gallery Great 16 Violone (Ped., 1-44) 16 Gemshorn 8 Principal *8 Flûte harmonique *8 Violoncelle *8 Gemshorn 8 Bourdon 4 Octave 4 Flûte octaviante [2 2/3 Quinte] 2 Fifteenth IV Mixture 8 Trumpet 16 Double Tromba (Ped., 1-44) 8 Tromba (Ped., 1-32) [4 Tromba Clarion (Ped.)] *8 Tuba Mirabilis (Ch.) *8 Trompette harmonique (Ch.) 3. Gallery Swell (enclosed) 16 Lieblich Gedeckt (1-30) 8 Stopped Diapason 8 Viola Pomposa 8 Viola Celeste (T.C.) 8 Flauto Dolce 8 Flute Celeste (T.C.) 4 Principal 4 Waldflöte 2 Octave III Plein Jeu 16 Fagotto 8 Cornopean 4 Clarion Gallery Pedal *32 Contra Geigen *32 Untersatz (enc. with Chancel Sw.) 16 Montre *16 Diapason 16 Violone 16 Bourdon 16 Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw., 1-30) 10 2/3 Grosse Quinte (ext. Bourdon) 8 Montre (ext. Montre) *8 Octave 8 Cello (ext. Violone) 8 Bourdon (ext. Bourdon) 8 Gedeckt (Sw., 1-18) *4 Super Octave *4 Solo Flute (enc. with Chancel Sw.) *32 Contra Posaune *16 Bombarde 16 Trombone *16 Corno di Bassetto (Ch.) 8 Tromba [4 Clarion] * Chimes (Ch.) 1. Chancel Positiv 8 Rohrflöte 8 Erzähler 4 Kleinprinzipal 4 Nachthorn 2 Gemshorn III Cymbel [8 Trompette en Chamade] * Chimes (enc. with Gt.) 2. Chancel Great *16 Flûte conique (Sw.) 8 Principal 8 Bourdon *8 Spitzflöte (enc.) *8 Spitzflöte Celeste (enc.) 4 Octave 4 Kleinprinzipal (Pos.) 2 Blockflöte IV Mixture *8 Trumpet (enc.) *8 Cromorne (enc.) 3. Chancel Swell (enclosed) *8 Diapason *8 Holzflöte *8 Viole de gambe *8 Voix celeste *8 Dulcet II *4 Principal *4 Flûte harmonique *2 2/3 Nasard *2 Flageolet *1 3/5 Tierce *1 1/3 Larigot *III Plein jeu *16 Basson *8 Trompette *8 Hautbois Tremulant * Cymbelstern Chancel Pedal *16 Principal (enc. with Gt.) *16 Subbass (enc. with Gt.) *16 Flûte conique (Sw.) *16 Bourdon doux (Sw.) 8 Spitz Principal *8 Holzflöte (Sw.) 4 Choralbass *16 Posaune (Sw.) *16 Basson (Sw.) *8 Trompette (Sw.) *4 Rohr Schalmei (Sw.) Tremulant (digital Chancel and Gallery 4' stops) [prepared for] *electronic voices by Walker Technical Co. [Received from Alexander Pattavina 2013-10-31.]

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