St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church
360 E Street
South Boston
Boston, MA
OHS convention: 1961
Images
Date Unknown - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by Gone Churching, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Date Unknown - Keydesk: couplers (Photograph by Gone Churching, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Date Unknown - Keydesk: Swell stops (Photograph by Gone Churching, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Date Unknown - Keydesk: Great & Pedal stops (Photograph by Gone Churching, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Date Unknown - Detached, reversed console (Photograph by Gone Churching, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Date Unknown - Organ case (Photograph by Gone Churching, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Date Unknown - Rear gallery with organ (Photograph by Gone Churching, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
ca. 1880's - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Historic New England, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2024-06-02 - Exterior front (Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2024-06-02 - Exterior front (Andrew scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2024-06-02 - Upper, round windows open to the elements with netting only for protection (Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2024-06-02 - 2015 faded decree on Exterior door, photographed June 2024 (Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2024-06-02 - Exterior side elevation (Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
Before 2015 - Church interior (Flickr/Andrew Scanlon)
Before 2015 - Church interior (Flickr/Andrew Scanlon)
Before 2015 - Stained glass (Flickr/Andrew Scanlon)
2000s - Detail of chancel art (Unknown/Andrew Scanlon)
2000s - Chancel artwork (Unknown/Andrew Scanlon)
2000s - Side aisle, stations of the cross, windows (Flickr/Andrew Scanlon)
2000s - Windows (Flickr/Andrew Scanlon)
2010s - High Altar (Flickr/Andrew Scanlon)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Detached, Reversed Keydesk (Mechanical Action)
- 2 manuals
- 21 stops
- 22 registers
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- Manual compass: 58 notes
- Pedal compass: 27 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
- Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
- Has combination trundles
- Has coupler trundles
Notes
2005-08-25 - On-line update from Eric Anderson -- Extant, original, but in poor condition and unused. Electronic currently in use. -Database Manager
2019-10-24 - Updated by Scot Huntington, who has heard or played the organ. When the original gallery was extended out to gain more seating space for the choir, the console was brought forward with it, and since the new gallery had multiple floor levels, the console was dropped one level, necessitating and two additional sets of squares to get the key action from console level up to the level of the original action trace. The resulting key action from this turn-of-the-century intervention is remarkably heavy, and coupled is unplayable. There is no choir here now, and the organ sits unused with no plans for a renovation or to raise the console up to its original floor level in order to abolish the intermediary squares. -Database Manager
2022-03-22 - The church was closed within the past few years, and the building sold to become condos. No one bothered to think about the organ. The project has cleared all hurdles and now only waits for the approval of parking permits-- and now people are concerned about this wonderful organ going to the dump. It 's now an emergency and needs a miracle. -Scot Huntington
Stoplist
Source: 1961 OHS Handbook
Great (58 notes) Bourdon 16, Op. Diapᵑ 8, Melodia 8, Hohl Viola 8, Dulciana 8, Octave 4, Twelfth 3, Fifteenth 2, Mixture 4 Rks, Trumpet 8
Swell (58 notes, enclosed) Sw. Op. Diapᵑ 8, Sw. Stᵈ Diapᵑ 8, Sw. Viola 8, Sw. Flauto Traverso 4, Sw. Violina 4, Sw. Flautino 2, Sw. Cornopean 8, Sw. Oboe 8, Sw. Bassoon 8, Tremulo
Pedal (27 notes) Ped. Op. Diapᵑ 16, Ped. Bourdon 16, Ped. V'cello 8
Mechanical Movements Bellows Signal, Gt. to Ped. Reversible, Swell Piano, Swell Forte, Great Piano, Swell Expression (balanced), Great Forte
Great to Pedal 8 (Gt. to Ped. Coupler), Swell to Pedal 8 (Sw. to Ped. Coupler), Swell to Great 8 (Sw.to Gt. Coupler)
Site visit Source: From console ca. 2008
Boston (South Boston), Mass.
St. Vincent d Paul Roman Catholic Church
E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings, Opus ____, (1874)
Compasses: 58/27
GREAT
16' Bourdon
8' Op Diapᵑ
8' Hohl Viola
8' Melodia
8' Dulciana
4' Octave
3' Twelfth
2' Fifteenth
4 Rks. Mixture
8' Trumpet
SWELL (Expressive)
8' Sw. Op Diapᵑ 1-17 Quintadena
8' Sw. Viola Quintadena bass
8' Sw. Stᵈ Diapᵑ
4' Sw. Flauto Traverso
4' Sw. Violina
2' Sw. Flautino
8' Sw. Cornopean
8' Sw. Oboe
8' Sw. Bassoon
Tremulo [sic]
PEDAL
16' Ped. Op Diapᵑ
16' Ped. Bourdon
8' Ped. V'cello
COUPLERS (Drawknob)
Sw. to Ped. Coupler
Gt. to Ped. Coupler
Sw. to Gt. Coupler
FOOT TRUNDLES
Great Forte -
Great Piano -
Gr. to Ped. - Reversible
Swell Forte -
Swell Piano -
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression (bal.)
MECHANICALS
Bellows Signal
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