St. John Cantius Roman Catholic Church
Northampton, MA
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
2022 - Exterior side view (Photograph by MassLive, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
after 2010 - Interior looking to organ loft (Photograph by MassLive, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2012 - Exterior front (Photograph by Wikimedia, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2010s - Exterior (Photograph by Bill Czeluzniak, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
after 2010 - Interior from organ loft (Photograph by Bill Czeluzniak, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2010 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Bill Czeluzniak, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
Consoles
Main
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 2 manuals
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2004-10-30 - The original builder was Johnson & Son (1877, Opus505). -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - From Trinity Episcopal, Rockaway, L.I., NY in 1927. Case and Pipes to be retained in Morel rebuild. -Database Manager
2012-10-28 - Updated through online information from Shavon Jovi. -Database Manager
2012-10-30 - Updated through online information from Shavon Jovi. -Database Manager
2013-05-28 - Updated through online information from Shavon Jovi. -Database Manager
2022-11-02 - According to Bill Czelusniak, the church closed in 2010 when many Northampton parishes merged. As of 2022 the building will be turned into condos. Organ was 1877 Johnson (opus 505) from Trinity Episcopal Church in Rockaway, Long Island. Probably moved here in 1912. Work done by Morel in 1969 - electrified with a Klann console. The organ is being parted out.
Czelusniak also notes that the pipes of the Twelfth are clearly stamped "664" and look like the work of Skinner. It may have been removed from Skinner Opus 664 at Hill Auditorium, Univ of Michigan, at the time of its 1955 Aeolian-Skinner rebuild, then incorporated into a residence organ belonging to Senator Emerson Richards, Atlantic City, NJ. How and why it these pipes made it into this Johnson/Morel in Northampton is anyone's guess. Taken from Facebook post by Bill Czelusniak. -Andrew Scanlon
2022-11-03 - Update from Bill Czeluzniak facebook post of November 1, 2022 -Andrew Scanlon
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