St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
133 School Street
Waltham, MA
OHS convention: 2000
Images
2023-11-11 - Chest action and wiring (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-11-11 - Great and choir division pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-11-11 - Stop action (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-11-11 - Regulators (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-11-11 - Manuals and pistons (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-11-11 - Pedalboard and expression pedals (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-11-11 - Coupler rail (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-11-11 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-11-11 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-03-27 - Exterior side (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
Unknown - Interior, before Vatican II, date, unknown. On display in rear of nave. (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2023-03-27 - H&H nameplate (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2023-03-27 - Trancept, gallery and window (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2023-03-27 - Chancel (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2023-03-27 - Nave (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2023-03-27 - Organ in rear gallery from floor (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2023-03-27 - Facade, gallery level (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2023-03-27 - Console (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
1999-05-04 - Nave, Balcony, and Organ Case (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
1999-05-04 - Former Console (stored in choir gallery) (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2025-03-11 - Organ in rear gallery (Andrew Scanlon/Scanlon Andrew)
2025-03-11 - Organ in rear gallery (Andrew Scanlon/Scanlon Andrew)
Consoles
Main
- 3 manuals
- 30 stops
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 2000. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Completely intact; console original and a little worn in 1996. Slider chests. Restorative repairs 1990's by Henri Lahaise & Son (including solid-state electronics and console from Skinner Organ Co. Op. 809 of 1930, formerly at 1st Congregational, Framingham, MA). -Database Manager
2014-06-08 - Updated through online information from David Tierney. -Database Manager
2023-03-27 - Aeolian Skinner console, installation date of which Unknown. Combination action doesn't function.
Original console pictured in this organ ID which evidently was stored in rear gallery no longer appears to be present. Whether it is elsewhere present or in storage is unknown.
New color scheme of interior around 2010. -Andrew Scanlon
Stoplist
Typed specification Source: from Boston Organ Club Newsletter (April 1968) Date not recorded
Waltham, Massachusetts
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Hook & Hastings Co. Opus 1874 1900 3 manuals, 30 stops, 34 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Open Diapason 61 16' Bourdon 61
8' Open Diapason 61 8' Open Diapason 61
8' Viola da Gamba 61 8' Salicional 61
8' Doppel Floete 61 8' Æoline 61
4' Octave 61 8' Stop'd Diapason 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 4' Violina 61
2' Fifteenth 61 4' Flute Harmonique 61
Mixture III 183 2' Flautino 61
8' Trumpet 61 Dolce Cornet III 183
8' Cornopean 61
CHOIR ORGAN 8' Oboe 61
8' Geigen Principal 61 Tremolo
8' Dulciana 61
8' Melodia 61 PEDAL ORGAN
4' Fugara 61 16' Open Diapason 30
4' Flute d'Amour 61 16' Bourdon 30
2' Piccolo Harmonique 61 8' Violoncello 30
8' Clarinet 61
COUPLERS COMBINATION PEDALS
Great to Pedal 8 Swell Piano
Swell to Pedal 8 Swell Mezzo
Choir to Pedal 8 Swell Forte
Pedal to Pedal 4 Great Piano
Swell to Choir 8 Great Mezzo
Swell to Great 8 4 Great Forte
Choir to Great 16 8
Great to Pedal reversible Blowers Signal (knob)
Balanced Swell Pedal Pedal for Water Motor
Grand Crescendo Pedal
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-11-30]
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