National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
4th Street & Michigan Avenue, Northeast
Washington, DC
Images
2010-07-11 - Gallery, organ and exposed pipes (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2010-07-11 - Basilica interior to gallery and organ (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2010-07-11 - Basilica interior to front (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2014-01-07 - Console (Photograph by Chris Stroh, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2010-07-09 - Shrine exterior (Photograph by Joseph Routon, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2010-07-09 - Shrine nave to rear (Photograph by Joseph Routon, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2017-04-18 - Dome and rear gallery (Photograph by Benjamin Stalder/Jeff Scofield)
2014-06-30 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Sam Cherubin/Jeff Scofield)
2014-06-30 - Alter and chancel organ gallery (Photograph by Sam Cherubin/Jeff Scofield)
2014-06-30 - Ceiling and rear gallery (Photograph by Sam Cherubin/Jeff Scofield)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- 4 manuals
- 7 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: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- 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
2014-08-08 - New console for the existing organs (Opus 9702A and Opus 9702B).
Identified by Phil Lehman, based on personal knowledge of the organ.
-- Two identical 4-manual consoles, enabling both West Chancel and South Gallery organs to be played from either end of the building -Database Manager
2016-11-27 - Updated through online information from Sam Cherubin. <br>Two new identical consoles were installed in both the South Gallery and West Chancel/Altar organs by Goulding & Wood in 2000/2001. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist from the Basilica website. Source: from National Shrine website November 2018
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Washington, D.C
M.P Moller Opus 9702A/B - 1964
Goulding & Wood - 2000/2001 (New consoles at South Gallery and West Chancel Organs, minor tonal changes)
Note: There appear to be some errors on the Basilica website regarding Chancel
Pedal stops that are borrowed from other divisions. As such, I have placed these
borrows where they appear most likely to be from, but of course I could be mistaken.
GREAT CHANCEL GREAT
32’ Contre Violone 16' Bourdon
16’ Violone 8' Principal
8’ Principal 8' Bourdon
8’ Chimney Flute 4' Octave
8’ Viola 4' Flute à Fuseau
5 1/3’ Grosse Quinte 2' Flute à Bec
4’ Octave 1-1/3' IV Mixture
4’ Spitzflote 8' Trompete
2-2/3’ Quinte
2’ Super Octave
2’ Blockflöte
1 1/3’ IV Mixture
2/3’ IV Scharf
16’ Fagott
8’ Trompete
4’ Clarion
8’ Pontifical Trumpet (BOM)
SWELL CHANCEL SWELL
16’ Contre Viole 16' Gedeckt
8’ Principal 8' Principal
8’ Gedeckt 8' Gedeckt
8’ Viole 8' Viole
8’ Viole Celeste 8' Viole Celeste
4’ Octave 4' Octave
4’ Traverse Flute 4' Harmonic Flute
2 2/3’ Twelfth 2' Gemshorn
2’ Flageolet 2' III-IV Plein Jeu
1-3/5’ Seventeenth 16' Contre Hautbois
2’ III-IV Plein Jeu 8' Trompette
½’ III Cymbale 8' Hautbois
16’ Contre Hautbois 4' Clarion
8’ Trompette Tremulant
8’ Hautbois
8’ Voix Humaine
4’ Clairon
Tremulant
CHOIR CHANCEL CHOIR
16’ Quintaton 16' Dolcan
8’ Principal 8' Spitzprincipal
8’ Orchestral Flute 8' Rohrflöte
8’ Gemshorn 8' Dolcan
8’ Gemshorn Celeste 8' Dolcan Celeste
4’ Fugara 4' Oktav
4’ Chimney Flute 4' Blockflöte
2’ Zauberflöte 2-2/3' Nazard
2/3’ III Carillon 2' Principal
16’ Bass Clarinet 1-3/5' Tierce
8’ Petite Trompette 1' III Fourniture
4’ Clairon 8' Corno di Bassetto
8’ Pontifical Trumpet (BOM) Tremulant
Tremulant
POSITIV RIGHT
16’ Singend Gedeckt
8’ Holzgedeckt
4’ Prinzipal
4’ Holhflöte
2’ Blockflöte
1’ Sifflöte
2/3’ IV Mixture
8’ Cromorne
Tremulant
POSITIV LEFT
16’ Geigen
8’ Principal
8’ Rohrflöte
4’ Principal
4’ Koppelflöte
2 2/3’ Rohr Nasat
2’ Octave
2’ Spielflöte
1 3/5’ Terzflöte
1 1/3’ Quintflöte
1 1/3’ IV Mixture
Tremulant
BOMBARDE
8’ Diapason
8’ Open Flute
4’ Octave Major
2’ IV Plein Jeu
1’ IV Harmonics
16’ Bombarde Harmonique
8’ Trompete Harmonique
4’ Clarion Harmonique
8’ Pontifical Trumpet (Horizontal)
Tremulant
PEDAL CHANCEL PEDAL
64’ Gravissima 32' Contre Bourdon
32’ Contre Violone 16' Soubasse
32’ Contre Bourdon 16' Bourdon (GT)
16’ Principal 16' Gedeckt (SW)
16’ Bourdon 16' Viole (SW)
16’ Violone (GT) 16' Dolcan (CH)
16’ Gemshorn 8' Octave
16’ Violone (SW) 8' Stopped Flute
16’ Contrebasse 4' Choralbass
16’ Quintaton (CH) 4' Open Flute
10 2/3’ Grosse Quinte 2-2/3' II Rauschquinte
8’ Octave 1-1/3' II Mixture
8’ Stopped Flute 16' Bombarde
8’ Viole (GT) 16' Basson (SW)
4’ Choralbass 8' Bombarde
4’ Open Flute 4' Chalmeau
2’ Hohlflöte
4’ IV Mixture
1 1/3’ III Acuta
32’ Contre Bombarde
16’ Bombarde
16’ Basson (SW)
16’ Fagott (GT)
8’ Trumpet
4’ Clairon
4’ Rohrschalmei
[Received from Sam Cherubin 2016-11-16.]
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