OHS convention: 1961
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2013-07-05 - An original installation of a new pipe organ. -- Later electrified by William Laws in 1927. Relocated to Mankato, Minnesota in 1975. -Database Manager
Specification from the dedication brochure via Dobson Pipe Organ Builders web site Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Boston, Massachusetts
St. Mary of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church
Wm. Johnson & Son Opus 499 1877 3 manuals, 45 stops, 53 ranks
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GREAT MANUAL SWELL MANUAL
16' Open Diapason 61 16' Bourdon Bass }
8' Open Diapason 61 16' Bourdon } 61
8' Spitz Floete 61 8' Open Diapason 61
8' Viol da Gamba 61 8' Salicional 61
8' Doppel Floete 61 8' Stop'd Diapason 61
4' Octave 61 8' Quintadena 61
4' Harmonic Flute 61 4' Octave 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 4' Flauto Traverso 61
2' Fifteenth 61 4' Violin 61
Mixture, III rks 183 2' Flautino 61
Mixture, IV rks 244 Mixture, II rks 122
8' Trumpet 61 Mixture, III rks 183
4' Clarion 61 16' Contra Fagotto 61
8' Cornopeon [sic] 61
SOLO MANUAL 8' Oboe and Bassoon 61
16' Bourdon Bass } 8' Vox Humana 61
16' Quintatoen Treble } 61 4' Clarion 61
8' Geigen Principal 61
8' Keraulophon 61 PEDALE
8' Dulciana 61 16' Double Open Diapason 27
8' Melodia 61 16' Bourdon 27
4' Fugara 61 16' Violone 27
4' Flute d'Amour 61 10 2/3' Quinte 27
2' Piccolo 61 8' Violoncello 27
8' Clarionet 61 16' Trombone 27
8' Tromba 27
PNEUMATIC PISTON COMBINATIONS ACCESSORY STOPS & MOVEMENTS
(Placed over the Great Manual) Swell to Great Coupler
Great Forte Swell to Solo Coupler
Great Mezzo Solo to Great Coupler
Great Piano Solo to Pedale Coupler
Swell Forte Great to Pedale Coupler
Swell Piano Swell to Pedale Coupler
Blower's Signal
PEDAL MOVEMENTS Pedale Check
Pedale Forte
Pedale Piano
Great to Pedale Coupler (Reversible)
Great Organ Separation
Tremolo (to Swell)
Balanced Swell Pedal
The Case is built of ash wood filled, and finished in shellac and
oil it is 41 feet wide, 16 feet deep, and 32 feet high.
The front pipes, below the "bands" of wood work which support them,
are decorated in white-metal and black; above the "bands," they are
finished in two shades of blue.
The action is extended and reversed; the "desk" being brought out
10 feet from the front of case.
The Pneumatic Motor is applied to the Great Manual and all its
Couplers; to the lowest octave of the Swell Manual; also, to the
Great and Swell Combination Movements.
All the pipes in this Organ are voiced, on a wind-pressure of
3½ inches.
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2014-10-14]
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