Mechanics Hall
321 Main Street
Worcester, MA
OHS convention: 1961, 1983
Images
2023-04-12 - Console (Photograph by Peter Krasinski, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2021-10-12 - Rollerboard (Photograph by Leonardo Ciampa/Leonardo Ciampa)
2021-10-12 - Corresponding labels to right foot trundles (Photograph by Leonardo Ciampa/Leonardo Ciampa)
2021-10-12 - Foot trundles to right of expression shoe (Photograph by Leonardo Ciampa/Leonardo Ciampa)
2021-10-12 - Corresponding labels to left foot trundles (Photograph by Leonardo Ciampa/Laonardo Ciampa)
2021-10-12 - Foot trundles to left of expression shoe (Photograph by Leonardo Ciampa/Leonardo Ciampa)
2021-10-12 - Pedalboard, foot trundles, and expression shoe (Photograph by Leonardo Ciampa/Leonardo Ciampa)
2021-10-06 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by Leonardo Ciampa/Leonardo Ciampa)
2021-10-07 - Console: left stopjamb (Photograph by Leonardo Ciampa/Leonardo Ciampa)
2021-10-07 - Console: right stopjamb (Photograph by Leonardo Ciampa/Leonardo Ciampa)
2021-02-05 - Manuals with foot composition trundle labels (Photograph by Leonardo Ciampa/Leonardo Ciampa)
2021-02-08 - Console from the left (Photograph by Leonardo Ciampa/Leonardo Ciampa)
2021-10-07 - Center facade above console (Photograph by Leonardo Ciampa/Leonardo Ciampa)
2021-02-02 - Console and pipe facade (Photograph by Leonardo Ciampa/Leonardo Ciampa)
2021-08-03 - Facade and console from the left (Photograph by Leonardo Ciampa/Leonardo Ciampa)
2021-02-05 - Hall interior with organ in front (Photograph by Leonardo Ciampa/Leonardo Ciampa)
1885 - Mechanics Hall interior with organ (Photograph from an archival source: Mechanics Hall archives, submitted by Leonardo Ciampa/Leonardo Ciampa)
2019-10-15 - Keydesk (Photograph by Gavin Klein/Database Manager)
2019-10-15 - Right Stop Jamb (Photograph by Gavin Klein/Database Manager)
2019-10-15 - Principal 16' Facade (Photograph by Gavin Klein/Database Manager)
2019-10-15 - Main Hall Organ (Photograph by Gavin Klein/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 4 manuals
- 52 stops
- 52 registers
- 5 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical With Pneumatic Assists
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Flat Jambs
- Manual compass: 58 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1995 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Restored & retrackerized Noack 1982. OH 1983. OHS Historic Organs Citation, re-awarded 27 Jun 1983 after restoration. Materials from Hook & Hastings Op. 371, (1865) from First A. M. E., Boston, MA used in restoration. -Database Manager
2008-07-06 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Impetus for the organ came from a $1000 donation by Ichabod Washburn in 1863. Organ opened in October 1864 by J.H. Willcox. Organ repitched by George s. Hutchings in 1889. Extensive work done by Hook & Hastings in 1914 before the organ was electrified on its original chests a decade later. Restored/retrackerized by the Noack firm in 1982 as their opus 92. Rededicated September, 1982. This is the only extant, mechanical action, IV-man. Hook. -Database Manager
2014-03-28 - Updated through online information from Russ Nyland. -- Rededication 10/2014 -Database Manager
2018-05-07 - Electrified by Earl Reed, c. 1930. -Database Manager
2024-08-16 - Tracker action and console made new by Noack based on historic photographs as original was lost in the early 1930's during conversion to electric action. Originally restored with double swell enclosure but inner enclosure was removed as it made the expression pedal heavy and the swell division too quiet. All of Pedal mounted on the right side parallel with the front, except the 16' Open Diapason at the rear behind the Choir. -Christian Tedesco
Stoplist
Typed specification Source: from Boston Organ Club Newsletter (September 1968) Date not recorded
Worcester, Massachusetts
Mechanics Hall
E. & G. G. Hook Opus 334 1864 4 manuals, 52 stops, 64 ranks
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GREAT MANUAL CHOIR MANUAL
1. 16' Open Diapason 58 30. 16' Æolina & Bourdon 58
2. 8' Open Diapason 58 31. 8' Open Diapason 58
3. 8' Viola da Gamba 58 32. 8' Melodia 58
4. 8' Stopped Diapason 58 33. 8' Dulciana 58
5. 8' Claribella 58 34. 8' Keraulophon 58
6. 4' Principal 58 35. 4' Flauto Traverso 58
7. 4' Flute Harmonique 58 36. 4' Violin 58
8. 2 2/3' Twelfth 58 37. 2' Piccolo 58
9. 2' Fifteenth 58 38. Mixture 3 ranks 174
10. Mixture 3 ranks 174 39. 8' Clarinet 58
11. Mixture 5 ranks 290
12. 16' Trumpet 58 SOLO MANUAL
13. 8' Trumpet 58 40. 8' Philomela 58
14. 4' Clarion 58 41. 8' Salicional 58
42. 4' Hohl Pfeife 58
SWELL MANUAL 43. 2' Piccolo 58
15. 16' Bourdon 58 44. 8' Tuba 58
16. 8' Open Diapason 58 45. 8' Corno Inglese 58
17. 8' Stopped Diapason 58
18. 8' Viol d'Amour 58 PEDALE
19. 4' Principal 58 46. 16' Open Diapason 30
20. 4' Flute Octaviante 58 47. 16' Violone 30
21. 4' Violin 58 48. 16' Bourdon 30
22. 2 2/3' Twelfth 58 49. 8' Violoncello 30
23. 2' Fifteenth 58 50. 10 3/4' Quinte 30
24. Mixture 5 ranks 290 51. 8' Flute 30
25. 16' Trumpet 58 52. 16' Posaune 30
26. 8' Cornopean 58
27. 8' Oboe 58
28. 4' Clarion 58
29. 8' Vox Humana 58
MECHANICAL REGISTERS COMBINATION PEDALS
53. Swell to Great Coupler No. 1. Great Forte
54. Swell to Choir Coupler No. 2. Great Piano
55. Choir to Great Coupler No. 3. Swell Forte
56. Solo to Great Coupler No. 4. Swell Piano
57. Choir to Solo Coupler No. 5. Choir Forte
58. Great to Pedale Coupler No. 6. Choir Piano
59. Choir to Pedale Coupler No. 7. Pedale (operates on Nos. 46,
60. Choir to Pedale (super 8ves) 50, 51, and 52, and with the
61. Swell to Pedale Coupler aid of Ventils (Nos. 66 & 67),
62. Solo to Pedale Coupler allows of various combinations
63. Tremulant ("swell") No. 8. Couplers Forte
64. Bellows Signal No. 9. Couplers Piano
65. Pedale Check No. 10. Great to Pedale (reversible)
66. Ventil (for No. 46) Balanced Swell Pedal, with
67. Ventil (for Nos. 50, 51, & 52) double action
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-11-30]
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