Our Lady of Pity Roman Catholic Church / Reservoir Church
15 Notre Dame Ave
Cambridge, MA
Images
2022-06-01 - Facade in balcony (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2022-05-31 - Facade in balcony (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-28 - Swell pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-28 - Swell pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-28 - Swell pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-28 - Choir pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-28 - Great and pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-28 - Great pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-28 - Below the great chest (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-28 - Pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-28 - Pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-28 - Pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-28 - Console (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-28 - Balcony (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-09-28 - Blower room (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-06-10 - Static regulator in blower room (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-06-10 - Original blower (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-06-10 - Swell and choir shades open both forward and up (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-06-10 - Pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-06-10 - Choir pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-06-10 - Swell pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-06-10 - Great pipework: IV Mixture, 4' Octave, 8' Hohlflote, 16' Open Diapason (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-06-10 - Great pipework: 8' Trumpet, 4' Hamonic Flute, 2' Fifteenth, 8' Open Diapason (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-06-10 - Console positioned in balcony (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-06-10 - Pedalboard and swell shoes (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-06-10 - Coupler rail (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-06-10 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-06-10 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-06-10 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-06-10 - Organ console (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
Unknown - Room (Photograph by Church, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)
Unknown - Organ in balcony (Photograph by Church, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)
Unknown - Building (Photograph by Church, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)
Unknown - Building (Photograph by Archdiocese of Boston, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 3 manuals
- 29 stops
- 31 registers
- 4 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: 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 combination toe pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2011-02-14 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Parish closed 1998. -Database Manager
2017-02-18 - Building sold to Greater Boston Vineyard Christian Fellowship in 2004; sold again to Reservoir Church in 2015. -Database Manager
2021-06-11 - CH 8' Clarinet 24-68 are missing
CH 8' Melodia 23-68 are missing
CH 8' Diapason has been replaced by a 49-note celeste
SW III Mixture reconstitued and now missing 62-68 (21 pipes)
GT IV Mixture reconstituted and now missing 62-68 (28 pipes)
GT 8' Salicional replaced by 2' Fifteenth
Console rolltop missing
Instrument maintained by Arthur Birchall in the 70s. Dedicated by Marcel Depre. Music directors included Paul Hotin and Marvin Eatough.
-John Roper
2022-09-30 - GT 8' Diapason has 56 notes on the main chest.
GT 16' Diapason has 44 notes on the main chest.
There are a total of 24 speaking facade pipes.
GT 8' Salicional replaced by 15th marked 251 (probably Woodberry) by Arthur Birchall in 1972. 38 pipes are extant (though damaged) in the chamber.
GT 8' Diapason removed and replaced by the Choir 8' Diapason by Arthur Birchall in 1972. 35 pipes are extant (though damaged) in the chamber.
GT Mixture recomposed by Arthur Birchall in 1972.
CH 8' Diapason moved to Great and replaced with 4' Violina (49 pipes) marked 251 (probably Woodberry) by Arthur Birchall in 1972.
SW Mixture recomposed by Arthur Birchall in 1972.
Swell plays on 4.25in of wind.
Great and Choir play on 3.75in of wind.
CH Melodia marked GT Melodia
CH Wald Flute marked No. 4 Flute Douce
SW Bourdon marked No. 2 Bourdon 16', marked 238 on bass pipe face (for Ordre?)
SW Fluto Traverso marked No. 3 Flute Oct. 4' Ordre 220
SW Trumpet marked 312 on block
SW Vox Humana marked 265 on block
SW Oboe marked 282 or 292 on block
GT Hohl Flote marked No. 1 Hohl Flute 8' Ordre N. 200
-John Roper
2022-09-30 - Blower built by Casavant.
Blower motor is a 3 HP 1725 RPM Wagner Eletric MFG Co. motor. It was disconnected when the building was sold because it uses 550v which was not accounted for when the building was rewired at sale.
Instrument originally used a belt-driven generator connected to the shaft of the blower. The generator is still extant but was disconnected (perhaps in the 70s?). the generator put on 8-9 volts and 12 amps.
The generator was replaced (again possibly in the 70s) with a LaMarche Orgelectra putting out 10-15 volts and 8-15 amps. -John Roper
Stoplist
Source: Taken from console and pipework
Great (3.75in wind pressure) Open Diapason 16, Open Diapason 8, Hohl Flote 8, Salicional 8, Harmonic Flute 4, Octave 4, Mixture IV, Trumpet 8
Swell (4.25in wind pressure) Bourdon 16, Open Diapason 8, Stopped Diapason 8, Viola da Gamba 8, Voix Celeste 8, Flauto Traverso 4, Octavin 2, Dolce Cornet III, Trumpet 8, Oboe 8, Vox Humana 8, Tremulant
Choir (3.75in wind pressure) Open Diapason 8, Melodia 8, Muted Viol 8, Wald Flute 4, Flageolet 2, Clarinet 8, Tremulant
Pedal (3.75in wind pressure) Open Diapason 16, Bourdon 16, Octave 8, Stopped Flute 8, Trombone 16
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