St. Cecilia Catholic Church: Sanctuary; rear gallery
18 Belvidere Street
Boston, MA
Images
2021-12-07 - Choir organ pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-12-07 - Facade (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-12-07 - Pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-12-07 - Pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-12-07 - Pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-12-07 - Pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-12-07 - Pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-12-07 - Pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-12-07 - Pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-02-12 - Great and choir chamber (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2023-02-12 - Swell chamber (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2023-02-12 - Builder’s nameplate (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2023-02-12 - Exterior side, showing church and rectory (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2023-02-12 - Exterior showing rectory built into the side of the church (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2023-02-12 - Exterior front, showing recently added entrance at the lower right (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2023-02-12 - Antiphonal organ seen from rear gallery (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2023-02-12 - Antiphonal console on floor of nave (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2018-05-06 - Rear gallery with organ cases and replacement Aeolian-Skinner console. (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2014 - Modified Hutchings-Votey cases with Austin console first installed. (Photograph from an archival source: Boston AGO 2014 Convention website, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2020-12-16 - Gallery console (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2020-12-16 - Blower and relay room below the great and choir divisions (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2020-12-16 - Blower and relay room below the swell and solo divisions (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2020-12-16 - 32' Conta Bourdon pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2020-12-16 - Chancel console pedal stop tabs (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2020-12-16 - Chancel console positiv stop tabs (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2020-12-16 - Chancel console great stop tabs (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2019-12-22 - Pedalboard, swell and crescendo pedals, toe pistons, and choir thumb pistons (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2019-12-22 - Couplers and solo manual (John Roper/John Roper)
2019-12-22 - Right stop jamb (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2019-12-22 - Left stop jamb (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
Consoles
Main (Original)
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 4 manuals
- 81 stops
- 57 registers
- 8 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
- 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- SSOS
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Main (Replacement)
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 4 manuals
- 88 stops
- 8 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)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Computerized/Digital
- SSOS
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2015-08-22 - On Sunday, November 21, 1999 the gallery organ was blessed during the parish liturgy by Msgr. Michael F. Groden, Pastor of St. Cecilia Parish. It was dedicated in concert by organist Richard J. Clark on November 22, 1999, the Feast of Saint Cecilia.
Soon to follow was the installation of an antiphonal division of seven ranks, located near the front of the church, underneath the Saint Cecilia Window. Built in the 1960s by Robert Noehren, it was removed from St. Ignatius Episcopal Church in Antioch, Illinois. Reconstruction began in July 2000 by Adam Mittleman and Timothy Smith. Its inaugural liturgy was on the Feast of the Assumption, August 15, 2000. Soon after, Smith and Gilbert began reshaping its tonal design to tailor the organ to St. Cecilia Parish-s very specific liturgical needs. Furthermore, part of this retailoring included extensive wiring by Allen Taylor making the organ playable from both its own 2 manual console, and from the 4 manual console in the gallery. An 1850 W. B. D. Simmons case was refurbished by Andrew Smith of Cornish, New Hampshire and was installed in October of 2001. The completed Antiphonal Organ was dedicated in concert by organists Timothy E. Smith and Richard J. Clark on November 18, 2001. -Database Manager
2021-01-24 - The first console installed was a used, 4-manual, Austin stopkey console from Cleveland, Ohio. That console was replaced by the console from the 4/91 Aeolian-Skinner Op. 1399 that had been installed at the Cathedral of of St. Philip, Atlanta, Georgia, in 1962. -Jeff Scofield
Stoplist
Specification from church web site Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Boston, Massachusetts
St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Church
Smith & Gilbert 1999/2001 4 manuals, 44 stops, 52 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Bourdon 85 16' Spitzflute 73
8' Open Diapason 61 8' Geigen 61
8' Melodia 61 8' Stopped Diapason 61
8' Bourdon (fr. 16') -- 8' Gamba 61
4' Octave 61 8' Gamba Celeste 61
4' Bourdon (fr. 16') -- 8' Spitzflute (fr. 16') --
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 4' Principal 61
2' Fifteenth 61 4' Flute Ouverte 61
1 1/3' Mixture IV 244 2' Flageolet 61
8' Trumpet 73 2' Plein Jeu III 183
4' Clarion (fr. Tpt) -- 16' Bombarde 61
Zimbelstern 8' Trumpet 61
8' Oboe 61
CHOIR ORGAN 4' Clarion pf
8' Viola 73 8' Vox Humana 61
8' Chimney Flute 61 Tremolo
8' Dulciana 61 Swell 16'
8' Unda Maris (FF#) 55 Swell Unison Off
4' Fugara (fr. Vla) -- Swell 4'
4' Flute 61
2 2/3' Nasard 61 PEDAL ORGAN
2' Harmonic Piccolo 61 32' Contra Bourdon (ext GT) 12
1 3/5' Tierce 61 16' Open Wood 32
1' Mixture II 122 16' Subbass 56
8' Trumpet GT 16' Bourdon GT
8' Clarinet 61 16' Spitzflute SW
8' Schalmey 61 8' Principal 44
Tremolo 8' Flute (fr. Subbass) --
Choir 16' 8' Spitzflute SW
Choir Unison Off 4' Octave (fr. Prin.) --
Choir 4' 4' Flute (fr. Subbass) --
32' Cornet IV 64
SOLO ORGAN 32' Contra Bombarde (ext) 12
8' Bourdon GT 16' Trombone 32
8' Spitzflute SW 16' Bombarde SW
8' Viola CH 8' Trumpet GT
8' Tuba (11") 61 4' Clarion GT
16' Untersatz AN
ANTIPHONAL (added 2001)
8' Principal COUPLERS
8' Bourdon Great to Pedal 8 4
8' Gemshorn Swell to Pedal 8 4
8' Vox Angelica II Choir to Pedal 8 4
8' Rohrflute Solo to Pedal 8
Antiph. to Pedal 8
COMBINATIONS (64 levels) Swell to Great 16 8 4
Solo 0-6 (thumb) Choir to Great 16 8 4
Swell 0-8 (thumb) Solo to Great 16 8 4
Great 0-8 (thumb) Swell to Choir 16 8 4
Choir 0-8 (thumb) Solo to Choir 16 8 4
Pedal 0-8 (toe)
General 12 (thumb & toe) EXPRESSION
General Cancel (thumb) Balanced Pedal - Swell
Set (thumb) Balanced Pedal - Choir
Balanced Pedal - Antiphonal
REVERSIBLES Balanced Pedal - Crescendo
Solo to Pedal (thumb)
Swell to Pedal (thumb & toe)
Great to Pedal (thumb & toe)
Choir to Pedal (thumb & toe)
Antiph. to Pedal (thumb)
Full Organ (thumb & toe)
ANTIPHONAL CONSOLE
MANUAL I MANUAL II PEDAL
8' Principal 85 8' Rohrflute 16' Untersatz 24
8' Bourdon 58 8' Gemshorn 8' Principal
8' Gemshorn (TC) 61 8' Vox Angelica II 8' Bourdon
8' Vox Angelica II 108 4' Gemshorn 4' Octave
4' Octave 2' Fifteenth 4' Flute
4' Rohrflute 61
2' Fifteenth
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2015-08-22]
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