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E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings Opus 646 (1872)

St. Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic Church: Upper Church
280 Main Street
Woburn, MA

OHS convention: 1978


Images


1978 - Front view of organ case (Photograph from an archival source: 1978 OHS Handbook, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2005-09-05 - On-line update from Eric Anderson -- In daily use as of august, 2005 -Database Manager

2008-07-06 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- 3-sectional Gothic walnut case front with 23 facade pipes arranged: 7-9-7. Case has since been painted grey. Original hitch-down Swell mechanism at the right has since been replaced by a central, balanced shoe. Swell over Great. Pedal 16' Open Diapason at the rear. Pedal 16' Bourdon and 8' V'cello on diatonic slider chests at each side. Beginning composition of Great IV Mixture: 19-22-26-29. It breaks back at every c. Swell 8' Cornopean is harmonic. -Database Manager

2011-08-06 - Updated through online information from Kevin Durkin. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Source: 1978 OHS Handbook 1978

GREAT (58 notes) Bourdon 16 (58 pipes), Open Diapason 8 (58 pipes), Dulciana 8 (58 pipes), Melodia 8 (58 pipes), Octave 4 (58 pipes), Twelfth 3 (58 pipes), Fifteenth 2 (58 pipes), Mixture IV (232 pipes), Trumpet 8 (58 pipes)

SWELL (58 notes) Open Diapason 8 (58 pipes), Viola 8 (58 pipes), Stopped Diapason 8 (58 pipes), Violina 4 (58 pipes), Flauto Traverso 4 (58 pipes), Flautino 2 (58 pipes), Cornopean 8 (58 pipes), Oboe 8 (46 pipes), Bassoon 8 (12 pipes), Tremulo ([sic])

PEDAL (27 notes) Open Diapason 16 (27 pipes), Bourdon 16 (27 pipes), Violoncello 8 (27 pipes), Bellows Signal

COUPLERS Manual Coupler (Swell to Great), I M to Ped, II M to Ped

UNLABELED PEDALS Great Piano, Great Forte


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