St. Francis Catholic Church: Sanctuary
94 Bradford Street
Lawrence, MA
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
2022-07-08 - Rear window. Wicks organ chambers were on right and left (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon /Andrew Scanlon)
2022-07-08 - Former organ gallery, now school library (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon /Andrew Scanlon)
ca. 1915 - Chancel (Photograph from an archival source: Archdiocese of Boston archives, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
ca 1915 - Interior (Photograph from an archival source: Archdiocese of Boston archives, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
Unknown - Aerial drone view of Lawrence churches. St. Francis seen at lower right, yellow brick. (Photograph by Unknown, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
1998 - Exterior in 1998 (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
1998 - High altar (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
1998 - Interior from rear gallery (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Lithuanian History of Lawrence, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
Consoles
Gallery
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 2 manuals
- 5 stops
- 1 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)
- Has crescendo
Notes
2022-04-06 - Saw and heard this organ twice, likely in the mid 1990s. It was in the rear gallery, console in center.
Pipes divided on two sides of the back window. The contract says about the pipe display: "Use existing, reconstructed and divided. This work will be done locally." This suggests there was a pipe organ with pipes in center previously. No known record of the organ.
My memory of the organ was that it all worked, but was badly out of tune as if it hadn't been tuned in a decade. Even though it was only a few ranks, it had a LOUD sound. It filled the church. -Andrew Scanlon
2022-06-27 - Andover Organ Co service records show that at some unknown date, an 8' English Horn and 8' Doppel Flute were added to the Swell. Stoplist noted on 1999 service call report. -Andrew Scanlon
2022-07-09 - Church was renovated and turned into a Catholic school called "Bellisini Academy. "
Church exterior is intact - interior has been completely gutted and turned into a school. Perimeter windows remain as well as the rear choir loft window. Interior is otherwise unrecognizable. -Andrew Scanlon
2022-07-09 - The additional ranks were installed by Essex Organ Company. Source: Bob Reich's "Organs of Greater Lawrence." -Andrew Scanlon
Stoplist
See image of Wicks spec. The sw English Horn and Doppelgänger flute were added at an unknown date post 1940 by Unknown builder. Source: Wicks Organ Company 1940
GREAT Bourdon 16, Dulciana 16 (- - T.C. ), Open Diapason 8, Stopped Flute 8, Salicional 8, Dulciana 8, Octave 4, Flute d'Amour 4 , Dulciana 4, Dulciana Twelfth 2â…”, Cornopean 8, Clarion 4
SWELL (Same spec as GREAT with addition of 8' Quintadena (Synthetic) 2 2/3 Nasard, 2' Picolo, 16' Posaune (TC) and 8' Oboe (synthetic)) English Horn 8 (Added later), Doppel Flute 8 (Added later)
PEDAL Bourdon 16, Dulciana 16, Diapason 8, Flute 8, Cello 8, Dulciana 8, Octave 4, Flute 4, Cornopean 8
COUPLERS Gr to Gr 4, Sw to Ped 8, Gr to Ped 8, Sw to Sw 16, Sw to Gr 16-8-4, Sw to Sw 4
ACCESSORIES Tremolo No. 1, Tremolo No. 2 , Wind Indicator, Automatic Pedal Accompaniment
Unknown
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