Our Lady of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Basilica (Mission Church)
1545 Tremont Street
Boston (Roxbury Crossing), MA
Images
2021-07-13 - Combination paddles (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-07-13 - Combination paddles (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-07-13 - Manuals (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-07-13 - Couplers (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-07-13 - Pedal stops (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-07-13 - Choir and solo stops (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-07-13 - Swell stops (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-07-13 - Great stops (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-07-13 - Console (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2021-07-13 - Blower (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
- Console position: Movable Console
- 3 manuals
- 62 stops
- 62 registers
- 5 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
Stoplist
Source: Taken from original console
Great Diapason 16, First Diapason 8, Second Diapason 8, Gross Flute 8, Dopple Flute 8, Gamba 8, Viola 8, Octave 4, Flute 4, Gambette 4, Twefth 2 2/3, Fifteenth 2, Scharff III, Mixture V, Cymbale VII, Possaune 16, Trumpet 8, Clarion 4, Chimes
Swell Bourdon 16, Diapason 8, Horn Diapason 8, Gedackt 8, Salicional 8, Vox Celestis 8, Gemshorn 8, Aeoline 8, Octave 4, Flute 4, Fugara 4, Flautino 2, Fagotto 16, Mixture V, Cornopean 8, Oboe 8, Vox Humana 8, Saxaphone 4, Tremolo, Swell to Swell 16, Swell to Swell 4
Choir (unenclosed) Gamba 16, Diapason 8, Geigen Principal 8, Gedackt 8, Concert Flute 8, Spitz Flute 8, Dolce 8, Octave 4, Flute 4, Violina 4, Piccolo 2, Clarinet 8, Tremolo
Solo Stentorphone 8, Philomena 8, Dopple Flute 4, Tuba 8, Solo Unison Off
Pedal Bourdon 32, Diapason 16, Bourdon 16, Violone 16, Dulciana 16, Quinte 10 2/3, Octave 8, Gedackt 8, Violoncello 8, Trombone 16, Tromba 8
Couplers Swell to Choir 8, Swell to Great 8, Swell to Pedal 8, Choir to Great 16, Choir to Great 4, Choir to Great 8, Choir to Pedal 8, Solo to Swell 8, Solo to Choir 8, Solo to Great 8, Solo to Pedal 8, Great to Choir 8, Great to Pedal 8
Typed specification Source: from Boston Organ Club Newsletter (May 1968) Date not recorded
Roxbury (Boston), Massachusetts
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Church
Geo. S. Hutchings Opus 410 1897 4 manuals, 62 stops, 78 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Diapason 61 16' Bourdon 61 w
8' First Diapason 61 8' Diapason 61
8' Second Diapason 61 8' Horn Diapason 61
8' Gamba 61 8' Gemshorn 61
8' Viola 61 8' Salicional 61
8' Dopple Flute [sic] 61 w 8' Æoline 61
8' Gross Flute 61 8' Vox Celestis (TC) 49
4' Octave 61 8' Gedackt 61
4' Gambette 61 4' Octave 61
4' Flute (harmonique) 61 4' Fugara 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 4' Flute (harmonique) 61
2' Fifteenth 61 2' Flautino 61
Cymbale VII 427 Mixture V 305
Mixture V 305 16' Fagotto 61
Scharff III 183 8' Cornopean 61
16' Possaune [sic] 61 8' Oboe 61
8' Trumpet 61 8' Vox Humana 61
4' Clarion 61 8' Saxaphone 61
Tremolo (knob)
CHOIR ORGAN (unenclosed)
16' Gamba 61 PEDAL ORGAN
8' Diapason 61 32' Bourdon 30 w
8' Geigen Principal 61 16' Diapason 30
8' Dolce 61 16' Violone 30
8' Spitz Flute 61 16' Dulciana 30
8' Concert Flute 61 w 16' Bourdon 30 w
8' Gedackt 61 10 2/3' Quinte 30
4' Octave 61 8' Octave 30
4' Violina 61 8' Violoncello 30
4' Flute (traverse) 61 w 8' Gedackt 30
2' Piccolo 61 16' Trombone 30
Tremolo (hitch-down pedal) 8' Tromba 30
SOLO ORGAN w = wood
8' Philomela 61
8' Stentorphon 61
8' Doppel Flöte 61
8' Tuba 61
The 1897 Accessories included: "Twelve Couplers. Eighteen Pedal Movements.
Twenty-one adjustable pistons placed under their respective manuals,
affecting all couplers, manuals and pedal stops." The action was entirely
electro-pneumatic. The only difference in the printed stoplist is the
presence of an 8' Melodia in the Swell, evidently later changed to a Horn
Diapason.
The movable console has folding flat jambs and coupler tablets over the
Swell. Compact, all-electric, and movable, it was surely the most advanced
console of its day and it is still a delightful affair. The tablets are:
SWELL Com'bn, to Swell 16', to Swell 4', to Choir 8', to Great 8', to Pedal;
CHOIR to Great 16', to Great 4', to Great 8', to Pedal; SOLO to Swell, to
Choir, to Great, OFF, to Pedal; GREAT to Choir, to Pedal. A small ivory plate
reads: "Patented Dec. 14th 1897." The Swell and Crescendo shoes are at the
right and the former is mechanical. There are 12 combination pedals,
apparently four for the Pedal, a Choir FF and a Swell FF on the left and
6 without labels on the right, probably for the Great. Chimes were operated
by a pedal and another pedal is labeled SOLO ON.
(from Boston Organ Club Newsletter, May 1968)
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-11-30]
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