OHS convention: 1961, 2000
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1990 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Rebuild of 1863 E. & G. G. Hook Op. 322, (3-55). -Database Manager
2005-11-04 - Updated through online information from Sean O'Donnell. -- Instrument is mostly un-altered from 1902 rebuild, in poor but playable condition, and is still played regularly. -Database Manager
2008-09-14 - Updated through information posted by OHS Member's List by Scot Huntington: -- Removal of the main organ has been underway for several weeks and may still be ongoing. Stefan Maier, an organbuilder from Orange, MA is doing the work and placing it into storage for Boston College. The project is being done quietly. The present plan is for the organ to one day be installed in a new building, yet to be erected on the BC campus for concert purposes. -Database Manager
2018-05-07 - Church closed in June 2007. Organ became property of Boston College with removal scheduled for Fall 2008. -Database Manager
2023-04-27 - As of Spring 2021, Boston College no longer had a new concert hall in their long-range plans, and therefore no longer a need for the organ. Thus began a search to find the organ a new home. As of Spring 2023, constructive talks are reportedly taking place to establish a new home and future for the organ. Investigation of the stored instrument revealed that all of the 1902 equipment except the console and Solo divisions was discarded. This is a significant and unrepairable loss of historic material that would have been a vital component of any historic restoration of this remarkable organ. Rampant rumors at the time of the organ's removal that the monumental case was left behind have been proven false, with the entirety of the original case found intact in the storage facility. -Scot Huntington
Source: Examination of organ 2000
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Boston, Massachusetts
1902 Hook & Hastings No. 1959
(rebuild of 1863 E. & G.G. Hook No. 322)
Manual stops extended from 58 to 61 notes, pedal from 27 to 30 notes in 1902.
Organ repitched lower to A433 in 1902 by various means.
Several original stops renamed 1902, noted below.
Evidence suggests each 1863 manual chest contained one blank slider and
toeboard.
GREAT 3" main manual w.p.
16' Open Diapason
8' Open Diapason Forte rescaled larger and revoiced 1902
8' Open Diapason Mezzo 1902, replaced St.Diap. (Doppelfloete)
8' Clarabella
8' Viola de Gamba
4' Octave
4' Flute Harmonique
2 2/3' Twelfth
2' Fifteenth
III Mixture
V Mixture
VII Cymbal 1870, William H. Johnson
16' Trumpet 1-12 1902
8' Trumpet
4' Clarion
SWELL [orig. double shades, interior set removed 1902]
16' Bourdon orig. divided Treble/Bass
8' Open Diapason
8' Stopped Diapason
8' Viol d'Amour orig. Violina 8'
8' Voix Celeste 1902, t.c.
8' Quintadena 1902 replaced Twelfth
4' Octave
4' Flauto Traverso orig. Flute Harmonique
4' Violina orig. Octave Viol d'Amour
2' Flautino orig. 15th
V Mixture
16' Contra Fagot 1-12 1902, orig. Fagotto
8' Cornopean
8' Oboe
8' Vox Humana
4' Clarion
Tremolo
CHOIR
16' Contra Dolce orig. Eolina, divided T/B
8' Open Diapason
8' Melodia
8' Viola orig. Keraulophon
8' Gedeckt orig. Stop'd Diap.
8' Dulciana
4' Octave
4' Hohlpfeiffe* Rohrdoppelfloete, 1902?
4' Fugara orig. Celestina
4' Flauto Traverso*
2' Piccolo tapered open wood
8' Clarinet
Tremolo
* There is some question which flute is 1863 and which is 1902,
but the Hohlpfeiffe knob was added in 1902.
SOLO (1902, 7" pressure)
8' Open Diapason
8' Concert Flute open wood, double mouths
4' Flute Harmonique
8' Orchestral Oboe
8' Orchestral Clarinet
8' Tuba Mirabilis
4' Tuba Octave
PEDAL 3 1/2" w.p.
32' Contra Bourdon between 1864-1902
16' Open Diapason
16' Bourdon 1902
16' Violone orig. Dulciana
10 2/3' Quint Floete
8' Violoncello
8' Flute between 1864-1902
16' Trombone
8' Trumpet 1902
COUPLERS
Swell to Great
Swell to Great 4' 1902
Choir to Great 16' 1902
Choir to Great
Solo to Great 1902
Swell to Choir
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Choir to Pedal
Solo to Pedal 1902
Pedal Octaves
Balanced Swell expression pedal, direct mechanical
Balanced Solo expression pedal, direct mechanical
Balanced Crescendo pedal and indicator
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