St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Holliston, MA
Images
Before 1995 - Interior before renovation and expansion of 1995 (Photograph by Parish History, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
December 2021 - Builders’ nameplates (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
December 2021 - Church exterior (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
December 2021 - Church interior from organ loft. Side transepts were added and are not original to the building (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2021-12-01 - Organ in rear gallery taken from nave floor (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2021-12-01 - Keydesk, console and facade (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon /Andrew Scanlon)
Unknown - Nave, Balcony, and Organ Case (Photograph by George Martell/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
- 2 manuals
- 18 stops
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1978. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - OCH from St. Mary's R. C., Southbridge, MA. Rebuilt Kinzey-Angerstein 1978, 2-21. -Database Manager
2012-09-30 - Updated through online information from Juan A. Mesa. -Database Manager
2022-03-09 - I played it in December 2021. Fully operational. Could use a good tuning and some minor TLC, but it is intact and it all works. -Andrew Scanlon
Stoplist
Stoplist taken from the console, June 26th 2012 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Holliston, Massachusetts
St. Mary's Catholic Church
1906 Hutchings-Votey Organ Co.
Great (I)
8' Open Diapason
8' Spire Flute
4' Principal
2' Fifteenth
IV Mixture
8' Trumpet
Swell (II, expr.)
8' Stopped Diapason
8' Erzahler
8' Celeste
4' Chimney Flute
2' Principal*
II Cornet **
III Cymbel
8' Hautbois
Pedal
16' Sub Bass
8' Octave Bass
4' Choral Bass
16' Trombone
Couplers
I/Ped.
II/Ped.
II/I
Mechanical Action
Swell Tremolo
Manual: 61 notes
Pedal: 30 notes
*2' Principal is engaged by the same drawknob as the III Cymbel (half-draw).
** The 2 2/3 rank in the II Cornet can be engaged by itself by drawing the knob halfway.
[Received from Juan A. Mesa 2012-07-06.]
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