2016-03-17 - This entry describes alterations to an existing organ. Identified by Scot Huntington, based on personal knowledge of the organ.<br><br>As part of the church's 100th-anniversary program of renewal, a multi-phase program of rebuilding the organ was begun in 2015. Plans to eventually complete the encasement of the organ were permanently shelved, and instead it was decided to leave the organ visually as is, i.e. with non-artistically exposed pipework, but to instead direct funding towards upgrading the organ's musical resources. The first phase was the most comprehensive- the respecifying and revoicing of the entire instrument, to adapt it to the church's acoustics. This work was begun in the Summer of 2014, and progressing one division at a time was completed in the Spring of 2015. New pipework was incorporated within the Great to rescale the Principals 8' and 4', replace the treble portion of the Harmonic Flute, and to recompose the Mixture. The Swell enclosure was substantially rebuilt and reinforced- the nave facing shades were encapsulated and the gallery-facing shades were replaced with a set of thick horizontal shades opening upwards toward the vaulting. The wind pressures were lowered throughout, the wood flutes were rebuilt, the pipework was substantially revoiced, and the Swell and Great mutations were recomposed. Phase II will replace the Great and Pedal reeds circa 2016-17. Phase III will relocate the Pedal upperwork chest from its location in the front of the rear window to a position on the nave-facing side wall of the 2014 Swell enclosure. Phase IV will upgrade the wind systems of the Great, Swell and Pedal, including the installation of new Tremulants. -Database Manager
Original document from Scot Huntington. Source: Myself 2017-03-08
Norwood, MA
St. Catherine of Siena
Organ by S. L. Huntington & Co.
Compass: 61/32
Pitch: A440
Temperament: Fisk I
Pressure reductions: Great 82mm to 67mm (3 1/4- 2 5/8)
Swell 103mm to 70mm (4 1/8- 3)
Positive 78mm to 60mm (3 1/8- 2 1/2)
Pedal 110mm to 67mm (4 3/8- 2 5/8)
All pipework substantially revoiced.
GREAT
16' Principal Descant from c25; notes 1-24 silenced
16' Gemshornbass
8' Praestant rescaled 2 HT larger at f18 and c#26
8' Flute harmonique new from c25, Cavaille-Coll "traversiere" scale,
harmonic at f30
8' Gemshorn
4' Octave rescaled 1 HT at C1
4' Hohlflote
3 1/5' Terzian Descant from c25; old tapered Nazard repitched and rescaled
2 2/3' Quint former Swell Sesquialtera quint rank
2' Super Octave
1 3/5' Tertia former Swell Sesquialtera tierce rank
II-IV Mixture Grave old and new pipes, new composition:
C 1 1/2 1
c 2 1 1/2 1
f 3 2 1 1/2 1
f' 4 3 2 1 1/2
f#" 6 4 3 2
8' Trumpet prepared for
Tremulant prepared for
Octaves Grave
Unison Release
SWELL
16' Quintaton former Bourdon; rebuilt and cut-ups lowered from c13
8' Viol da Gamba rollers removed from f
8' Unda Maris rollers removed
8' Rohrflote chimnies shortened
4' Geigen Principal
4' Flauto Amabile pipes rebuilt
2' Blockflote
II Recit Cornet 2 2/3: C-E Gr. Nazard; from F former Gr. Piccolo repitched and
rescaled larger to equal Tierce scale
1 3/5: former Great Tierce
III Mixture C 2 1 1/2 1; breaks by fifths at each c
16' Fagott extension of Hautbois, C-B half-length
8' Hautbois
8' Barpfeiffe C-B new 1/2L conical resonators with lids, Schnitger shallots;
from c13 former 4' Rohrschalmey rescaled and rebuilt
Tremulant
Octaves Grave
Octaves Super
Unison Release
POSITIVE
8' Still Gedackt rebuilt
4' Koppelflote
2' Schwegel
1 1/3 Klein-nasat
III Scharff
8' Krummhorn
Tremulant
Spare
Octaves Grave
Unison Release
PEDAL
32' Sw. Untersatz resultant from Subbass
16' Praestantbass ext. Gr. Principal 8', original
16' Gr. Gemshornbass
16' Sw. Subbass
8' Octave
8' Sw. Gedackt Pommer
4' Octave extension Octave 8'
III Rauschpfeiffe C: 2 1 1/2 1
16' Posaune prepared for
16' Sw. Fagott
8' Trumpet prepared for
8' Sw. Barpfeiffe
COUPLERS
Swell to Great 16
Swell to Great
Swell to Great 4
Positive to Great 16
Positive to Great
Swell to Positive
Swell to Positive 4
Great to Pedal (+ reversible)
Swell to Pedal (+ reversible)
Positive to Pedal
Crescendo, Tutti, General Cancel, Combination Set piston
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