Holy Cross Roman Catholic Cathedral
1400 Washington Street
Boston, MA
OHS convention: 2000
Images
2020-08-06 - Room (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2020-08-06 - Room (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2020-08-06 - Balcony and facade (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2020-08-06 - Pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2020-08-06 - Facade (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2020-08-06 - Facade (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2020-08-06 - Rebuilder's plate (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2020-08-06 - Builder's plate (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2020-08-06 - Builder's plate (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2020-08-06 - OHS citation plaque (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2020-08-06 - Combination action drawer (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2020-08-06 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2020-08-06 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2020-08-06 - Console in balcony (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2020-08-06 - Pedalboard (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2020-08-06 - Keyboards (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2020-08-06 - Console (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-05-30 - Console (Photograph by Brink Bush, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Early 20th century - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph from an archival source: Holy Cross Cathedral Archives, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
Between 1875 and 1930 - Original console (Photograph from an archival source: Holy Cross Cathedral Facebook page, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2009-03-31 - Cathedral exterior (Photograph by flickr.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2014-07-06 - Altar (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2014-07-06 - Cathedral interior to front (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2014-07-06 - Gallery and organ case (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2014-07-06 - Cathedral interior to rear and organ (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2008-02-22 - Organ (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)
2023-12-29 - Pipework (John Roper/John Roper)
2023-12-29 - Pipework (John Roper/John Roper)
2023-12-29 - Pipework (John Roper/John Roper)
2023-12-29 - Pipework (John Roper/John Roper)
2023-12-29 - Pipework (John Roper/John Roper)
2023-12-29 - Pipework (John Roper/John Roper)
2023-12-29 - Pipework (John Roper/John Roper)
2023-12-29 - Static regulator and bottom of windchests (John Roper/John Roper)
2023-12-29 - Static regulator and bottom of windchests (John Roper/John Roper)
2023-12-29 - Static regulator (John Roper/John Roper)
2020-08-06 - Facade (John Roper/John Roper)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 3 manuals
- 70 stops
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Flat Jambs
- Manual compass: 58 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Computerized/Digital
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1992. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Electrified c. 1929 (?) by William W. Laws using a second-hand theater organ console, probably by Frazee. Cleaning and repairs by volunteers & Lahaise 1990-96. Proposal out in 2001 for new console. -Database Manager
2006-04-23 - Updated through online information from Lisa Lucius. -- New console built by Andover Organ as Opus R-394, 2003 -Database Manager
2023-09-13 - Almost entirely tonally unaltered from 1875. The only exceptions are the Swell 8' Quintadena, which from tenor C up has been replaced with Salicional pipes tuned as a celeste with the original Hook and Hastings Salicional. Also, the Choir 8' Rohr Flute has been replaced by Andover with pipes scaled to match the Rohr Flute in the Hook and Hastings at St. Joseph's Cathedral, Buffalo, NY. -Julius Coyle
Stoplist
Specification from <i>The Organ in New England</i> by Barbara Owen (Raleigh: The Sunbury Press, 1979) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Boston, Massachusetts
Cathedral of the Holy Cross (Roman Catholic)
E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings Opus 801 1875 3 manuals, 70 stops, 101 ranks
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Source: Hook & Hastings descriptive flyer and examination of extant organ
by Barbara Owen.
GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Open Diapason 58 16' Bourdon 58
16' Quintatön 58 8' Open Diapason 58
8' Bell Open Diapason 58 8' Salicional 58
8' Open Diapason 58 8' Æoline 58
8' Viola da Gamba 58 8' Stopped Diapason 58
8' Clarabella 58 8' Quintadena 58
8' Doppel Flöte 58 4' Octave 58
8' Gemshorn 58 4' Flauto Traverso 58
8' Viol d'Amour 58 4' Violina 58
6' Quint 58 3' Nazard 58
4' Octave 58 2' Flautino 58
4' Flute Harmonique 58 Mixture IV 232
4' Gambette 58 Dolce Cornet V 290
3' Twelfth 58 16' Contra Fagotto 58
2' Fifteenth 58 8' Cornopean 58
Cornet V 290 8' Oboe & Bassoon 58
Mixture IV 232 8' Vox Humana 58
Acuta IV 232 4' Clarion 58
Cymbale VII 406
16' Bombarde 58 PEDALE
8' Trumpet 58 32' Contra Bourdon 30
4' Clarion 58 16' Open Diapason 30
16' Violone 30
CHOIR ORGAN 16' Dulciana 30
16' Lieblich Gedact 58 16' Bourdon 30
8' Open Diapason 58 12' Quint Flöte 30
8' Geigen Diapason 58 8' Bell Gamba 30
8' Melodia 58 8' Violoncello 30
8' Concert Flute 58 8' Octave 30
8' Rohr Flöte 58 8' Flöte 30
8' Dulciana 58 4' Super Octave 30
4' Flute Octaviante 58 Cornet V 150
4' Fugara 58 16' Trombone 30
4' Octave 58 8' Posaune 30
4' Quint Flöte 58
2' Piccolo 58
Cornet V 290
16' Cor Anglais 58
8' Clarinet 58
8' Tuba Mirabilis 58 a
a Although listed with the Choir stops, the Tuba is actually a
"floating" stop located in front of the Swell, above the Great,
on its own chest, with high-pressure wind supply.
COUPLERS MECHANICALS
Swell to Great Great Organ Separation
Choir to Great Swell Tremolo
Choir to Great Sub-Octave Choir Tremolo
Swell to Choir Bellows Signal
Great to Pedal Crescendo Movement
Swell to Pedal Great to Pedal Reversible
Choir to Pedal
Tuba to Great 3 Great Combinations
Tuba to Choir 3 Swell Combinations
Tuba Octave Coupler 2 Choir Combinations
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2014-12-31]
Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston, Massachusetts
E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings Organ, Opus 801,1875
(Stoplist: Bozeman Web site 1997)
Great
16' Open Diapason +
16' Quintaton (wood)
8' Open Diapason +
8' Bell Open Diapason +
8' Viola da Gamba +
8' Clarabella
8' Doppel Flöte
8' Gemshorn +
8' Viol d'amour +
6' Quint +
4' Octave +
4' Flute Harmonique (metal) +
4' Gambette +
3' Twelfth +
2' Fifteenth +
V Cornet +
IV Mixture +
IV Acuta +
VII Cymbale +
16' Bombarde +
8' Trumpet* +
4' Clarion* +
Choir
16' Lieblich Gedact
8' Open Diapason +
8' Geigen Diapason +
8' Melodia
8' Concert Flute (wood, harmonic)
8' Rohr Flute
8' Dulciana +
4' Flute Octaviante (metal) +
4' Fugara +
4' Octave +
3' Quint Flöte+ +
2' Piccolo +
V Cornet+
16' Cor Anglais +
8' Clarinet+
8' Tuba Mirabilis**+
Swell
16' Bourdon
8' Open Diapason +
8' Salicional +
8' Aeoline
8' Stopped Diapason
8' Quintadena***++
4' Octave +
4' Flauto Traverso (wood)
4' Violina +
3' Nazard +
2' Flautino +
IV Mixture+
V Dolce Cornet +
16' Contra Fagotto
8' Cornopean
8' Oboe-Bassoon
8' Vox Humana*
4' Clarion
Tremolo
Pedale
32' Contra Bourdon
16' Open Diapason (wood)
16' Violone (wood)
16' Dulciana (metal)
16' Bourdon
12' Quint Flöte
8' Bell Gamba
8' Violoncello
8' Octave
8' Flöte
4' Super Octave +
V Cornet +
16' Trombone (wood)
8' Posaune (metal) +
Manual Compass: C C-a3, 58 notes. Pedal Compass: CCC-F, 30 notes
* Reed stops made by Henri Zimmerman, Paris.
** Actually a "floating" stop, located in front of the Swell,
above the Great, on its own chest, with high pressure wind supply.
*** Some (actually, much) Pipework missing.
+ Pipework cleaned since 1990
++ Empty holes occupied by used "Salicional", as celeste rank.
All stops are totally independent, including the pedal division.
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