St Mary’s Italian Catholic Church
Salem, MA
Images
2003 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by PBS Frontline, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2003 - Builder's nameplate shows name as WW Laws, Beverly, MA (Photograph by PBS Frontline, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2003 - Console (Photograph by YouTube /Andrew Scanlon )
2022-05-01 - Front exterior (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2022-05-01 - Exterior (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
1956 - Altar (Photograph from an archival source: Salem History Facebook , submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
1929 - Church exterior (Salem, MA Facebook page/Andrew Scanlon)
Consoles
Rear Gallery
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- 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 (Details Unknown)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
- Has combination thumb pistons
Notes
2022-05-02 - Church closed in 2003. Information primarily obtained from a number of YouTube videos and documentaries about Italian culture in Salem, Massachusetts. Videos prepared around the time of the 2003 closing feature interviews with the church's Organist over 50 years, seated at the 2-manual console The nameplate is visible but cannot be read. It resembles William Laws but cannot be confirmed.
-Andrew Scanlon
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