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Foley-Baker Inc. (1988)

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church: Sanctuary - Gallery
33 Queen Street
Bristol, CT

Images

2020-06-22 - Gallery organ, console and great side facade (Photograph by William Degan/William Degan)

2020-06-22 - Original nameplate. (Foley Baker's 1988 work is not credited) (Photograph by William Degan/William Degan)

2020-06-22 - Gallery organ 1925 Austin console (Photograph by William Degan/William Degan)

2020-06-22 - Gallery organ from chancel (Photograph by William Degan/William Degan)

Consoles

Gallery

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
14 stops
17 registers
3 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
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2020-07-18 - Identified through online information from William L. Degan. -- This was a project of releathering and tonal changes & additions - increasing the size of the gallery organ from 12 to 17 ranks. -William L. Degan

Stoplist

Source: Taken from the console Originally published 2019-09-26

Bristol, Connecticut
St. Joseph's R.C. Church

Austin Organ Co., Opus 1317, 1925
Foley-Baker Inc., 1988 - Tonal Changes & Additions


GREAT                                        COUPLERS
8    Open Diapason*              73          Swell 8                  [to Pedal]
8    Melodia*                    73          Swell 4                  [to Pedal]
4    Octave              (1988)  73          Great 8                  [to Pedal]
4    Harmonic Flute*             73
2    Fifteenth           (1988)  61          Swell 16                 [to Great]
III  Mixture             (1988) 183          Swell 8                  [to Great]
8    Trumpet             (1988)  61          Swell 4                  [to Great]

Great 16
Great Unison Off                             FINGER PISTONS
Great 4                                      General                       1 - 8
                                             Swell                         1 - 8
                                             Great                         1 - 8
SWELL (Expressive)
8    Stopped Flute*              73
8    Salicional*                 73          TOE STUDS
8    Voix Celeste**              73          General                      9 - 14
4    Principal           (1988)  73          Pedal                         1 - 6
2    Flautino            (1988)  61          Swell to Pedal                (rev)
II   Sesquialtera   (TC - 1988)  98          Great to Pedal                (rev)
8    Oboe***                     73          Tutti                         (rev)
     Tremolo (fan)

Swell 16                                     PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Unison Off                             Swell Expression             (bal.)
Swell 4                                      Crescendo                    (bal.)


PEDAL
32   Resultant****               --
16   Bourdon           (Gt Mel)  12
16   Bassoon          (Sw Oboe)  12


NOTES
*Original, revoiced if needed
**pipes from 1925, but were not originally a celeste
***1925, but greatly brightened
****derived from Bourdon, only wired into chancel console


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