St. Ignatius of Loyola Roman Catholic Church
28 Commonwealth Ave.
Chestnut Hill, MA
Images
2023-04-27 - Pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-04-27 - Pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-04-27 - Great pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-04-27 - Pedal and Great pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-04-27 - Great pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-04-27 - Underneath the Great chest (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-04-27 - Pedal pipework and regulator (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-04-27 - Choir pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-04-27 - Swell pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-04-27 - Swell pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-04-27 - Choir regulator and tremulant (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-04-27 - Regulator and pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-04-27 - Regulator and pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-04-27 - Balcony and console (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-04-27 - Console (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-04-27 - Balcony and console (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-04-27 - Balcony and chamber door (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-04-27 - Room (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-04-27 - Room (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-04-27 - Room (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-04-27 - Room (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-04-27 - Room (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-04-27 - Room (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-04-27 - Console (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2022-09-18 - Church exterior from Commonwealth Ave (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon /Andrew Scanlon )
2022-09-18 - Transept Division with console underneath (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon )
2022-09-18 - Builder’s nameplate (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2019-12-12 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-03-13 - Church interior to front (Photograph by Brink Bush, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-03-13 - Church interior to rear, organ and organ cases (Photograph by Brink Bush, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-03-13 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Brink Bush, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-03-13 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Brink Bush, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-03-13 - Console (Photograph by Brink Bush, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-03-13 - Gallery and organ cases (Photograph by Brink Bush, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2024-07-18 - Original console (modified 1997) In Galllery (Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2024-07-18 - Gallery console builder's nameplate (Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2024-07-18 - Nave from gallery (Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Movable Console
- 3 manuals
- 35 stops
- 50 registers
- 6 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Computerized/Digital
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2010-12-09 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- This work included renovations to the existing organ as well as the additional of Transept and Transept Pedal divisions, a new movable low-profile console in the Transept area. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Chestnut Hill (Newton), Massachusetts
St. Ignatius of Loyola R. C. Church
Casavant Op. 1972 1949/1997 3/44
Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
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GREAT
1. 8' Principal 68 tc-up new pipes
2. 8' Stopped Diapason 68 1-12 existing Hohlflute, 13-up Great
Flûte d'Amour 4' rescaled by 2 pipes
3. 8' Gemshorn 68 existing
4. 4' Principal 68 new pipes
5. 2 2/3' Twelfth 61
6. 2' Super Octave 61 new pipes
7. IV Mixture 244 new pipes and toeboard on Flute 4' action
8. 8' Trumpet 61 new pipes and unit chest
Unison Off
SWELL
9. 16' Gedeckt 12 existing, ext. of No. 11
10. 8' Geigen Principal 68
11. 8' Rohrflöte 68 existing, 13-up with new external stoppers
with chimney, actions 21-up unified
12. 8' Viola da Gamba 68 existing
13. 8' Voix céleste 61 GG; existing
14. 4' Octave 61 existing GT pipes on Octave Geigen 4';
top actions unified from Trumpet
15. 4' Traverse Flute 68 existing
16. 2' Fifteenth 61 existing GT pipes on new unit chest
17. III-IV Plein jeu 232 new pipes and unit chest above expressive
motor
18. 16' Bassoon 12 new half-length pipes and racks on Trumpet
action; to blend with existing Trumpet
19. 8' Trumpet 61 existing, revoice with new tongues; actions
unified
Tremulant
Sub
Unison Off
Super
CHOIR
20. 8' Chimney Flute 68 1-12 existing Melodia; 13-up new pipes
21. 4' Octave Geigen 68 existing SW pipes on Dulciana action
22. 4' Spindle Flute 68 1-17 existing Lieblichflöte fitted with
new external stoppers; 18-up new pipes
23. 2 2/3' Nazard 61 new open pipes on existing action
24. 2' Piccolo 61 rescaled; not harmonic; top missing
pipes replaced
25. 1 3/5' Tierce 49 tc; new pipes with new unit chest
26. 8' Clarinet 68 revoiced with new tongues
Tremulant
Sub
Unison Off
Super
TRANSEPT (new floating division on approx. 3½" wind pressure)
27. 8' Salicional 61 Principal tone
28. 8' Bourdon 61
29. 8' Voix céleste 49 tc
30. 4' Octave 61
31. 4' Conical Flute 61
32. 2' Super Octave 61
33. IV Mixture 244
34. 8' Oboe 61 with Cavaillé-Coll shallots voiced as
a small Trumpet
TRANSEPT PEDAL
35. 16' Bourdon 12 ext. of No. 28
36. 8' Salicional TR
37. 8' Oboe TR
PEDAL
38. 32' Resultant -- wired
39. 16' Contra Bass 32 existing
40. 16' Bourdon 32
41. 16' Gedeckt SW
42. 8' Open Diapason -- 1-12 from No. 1; 13-32 from No. 45
43. 8' Cello 12 ext. of No. 39
44. 8' Stopped Flute 12 ext. of No. 40
45. 4' Octave 32 existing GT Open 8' on new unit chest,
winded from GT bellow
46. 4' Flute 12 ext. of No. 44
47. 16' Posaune 12 ext. of No. 8, full-length
48. 16' Bassoon SW
49. 8' Trumpet GT
50. 4' Clairon GT
[Received online from Jeff Scofield February 14, 2011]
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