St. Paul Catholic Church | Harvard Square: Right Transept
Cambridge, MA
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
1960 - Cover of 1959 Casavant Dedication Book (Photograph from an archival source: Organ dedication program book, St Paul’s Harvard Square Archive, courtesy of William Endicott, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
1960 - St Paul’s Harvard Square Choir of Men & Boys (Photograph from an archival source: Organ dedication program book, St Paul’s Harvard Square Archive, courtesy of William Endicott, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
1960 - 1959 Casavant (left) looking toward Woodberry case in rear gallery (Photograph from an archival source: Organ dedication program book, St Paul’s Harvard Square Archive, courtesy of William Endicott, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
1960 - Console and pipework (Photograph from an archival source: Organ dedication program book, St Paul’s Harvard Square Archive, courtesy of William Endicott, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
Consoles
Main
- 2 manuals
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
Notes
2009-11-22 - Identified through information from Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture This was a new organ for the Chancel, using the console Casavant built for the gallery organ in 1947. That console was moved from the gallery to the chancel and used to play both the new chancel organ and the gallery organ. According to the church's web site, the gallery organ was originally built by Jesse Woodberry and Co. in 1904, then moved to this building and electrified by Mias in the 1920s. -Database Manager
2013-08-06 - 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 - This chancel instrument was removed around 2015. It is completely gone. -Andrew Scanlon
Stoplist
Original 1959 stoplist from Casavant DB Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Cambridge, Massachusetts
St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church
Casavant Frères Opus 2560-A - November, 1959
GREAT Organ (8 ranks) - unenclosed
1. 8' Principal 61 pipes
2. 8' Bourdon 61 ''
3. 4' Octave 61 ''
4. 2' Blockflote 61 ''
5. IV Mixture (1') 244 ''
POSITIV Organ (8 ranks) - unenclosed
6. 8' Rohrflote 61 pipes
7. 8' Erzahler 61 ''
8. 4' Nachthorn 61 ''
9. 2' Gemshorn 61 ''
10. III Zimbell (1/4') 183 ''
11. 8' Krummhorn 61 ''
Tremulant
PEDAL Organ (3 ranks) - unenclosed
12. 16' Subbass 32 pipes
13. 8' Spitz Principal 32 ''
14. 4' Choral Bass 32 ''
15. 16' Krummhorn (ext. from No. 11) 12 ''
[Received from Alexander Pattavina 2012-08-10.]
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