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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1484 (1933)

Our Lady of Victories Roman Catholic Church
27 Isabella St.
Boston, MA

Images

2011 - Instrument in rear gallery (Photograph by Pelland Organ company, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

1960 - Church interior (Devotional hymns project /Andrew Scanlon)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
28 stops
28 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-12-07 - Identified through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- The pipework and case from 1892 Hook & Hastings Op. 1531 were retained. -Database Manager

2024-07-29 - Updated through online information from Richard Chonak (July 25, 2024): The parish closed on February 14, 2016. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Boston, Massachusetts
       Our Lady of Victories R. C. Church

       Casavant   Op. 1484   1933   3/30

       Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
       St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
       _______________________________________________

       GREAT                       RÉCIT
   16' Montre            61    16' Bourdon          61
    8' Montre            61     8' Principal        61
    8' Viole de Gambe    61     8' Bourdon          61
    8' Clarabelle        61     8' Salicional       61
    4' Prestant          61     4' Principal        61
2 2/3' Quinte            61     4' Flûte harmonique 61
    2' Doublette         61     2' Doublette        61
  III  Mixture          183     8' Cornopean        61
    8' Trompette         61     8' Hautbois         61
       Super                    8' Voix Humaine     61
                                   Trémolo
       POSITIF (expr)              Sub
    8' Principal Etroit  61        Super
    8' Mélodie           61
    8' Dulciane          61        PÉDALE
    4' Flûte Traverse    61    16' Flûte Ouverte    30
    2' Piccolo           61    16' Bourdon          30
    8' Clarinette        61     8' Violoncelle      30
       Trémolo
       Sub
       Super

  [Received online from Jeff Scofield December 9, 2010]

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#14542†* - Hook & Hastings Opus 1531 (1892)