St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church
400 Dudley Street
Boston (Roxbury), MA
OHS convention: 1961, 2000
Note: Not playable. (in this location)
Images
2024-01-02 - Chamber and action (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-12-21 - Great division pneumatic pallet assist (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-12-21 - Swell pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-12-21 - Swell pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-12-21 - Swell pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-05-23 - OHS Certificate (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-05-23 - Room (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-05-23 - Great pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-05-23 - Great and choir pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-05-23 - Static regulator (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-05-23 - Pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-05-23 - Pedal pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-05-23 - Left stop jamb (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-05-23 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-05-23 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-05-23 - Pedalboard (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-05-23 - Console with lid removed (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-05-23 - Blower in basement (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-05-23 - Facade in balcony (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-05-23 - Barker machine (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-05-23 - Room (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-05-23 - Facade (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
2023-05-23 - Console (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)
1999-05-04 - Nave, Balcony, and Pipe Display (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
1999-05-04 - Pipe Display (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
1999-05-04 - Console (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
1999-05-04 - Rebuilder's Nameplate (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- 3 manuals
- 43 stops
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
Notes
2004-10-30 - The original builder was Hook & Hastings (1880, Opus1005). -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 2000. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Rebuild. Reversed console, exposed Gt. pipework. Mechanical action to Swell and Chioir, with pneumatic assist; Barker lever added by Hutchings to Great and its couplers. -Database Manager
2024-01-02 - According to Leo Abbot, the Swell 8' Celeste was added in the 1960s during his time as organist. The pipes were taken from the Hutchings instrument in the basement of the church. Whether the 16' Aeoline toeboard was empty or not is unknown. -John Roper
2024-02-23 - Currently (2024) receiving some restorative maintenance to bring it back to playing condition. -John Roper
Stoplist
Source: Taken from console and pipework
Choir Geigen Principal 8 (1-12 zinc, remainder spotted; slotted; Hutchings "294"), Lieblich Gedeckt 8 (1-49 stopped pine; 50-61 stopped metal; "294"), Melodia 8 (wood open throughout; "294"), Dulciana 8 (1-12 zinc, box beards; stopped, slotted; "1005 Aeoline"), Flute D’Amour 4 (1-37 stopped wood; remainder open spotted metal), Fugara 4 (spotted; rollers in bass; "Swell Violina 294"), Piccolo Harmonique 2 (common metal; harmonic spotted 13049; 50-61 open spotted), Clarinett 8 (spotted; 1-12 fagotto construction; 13 up standard clarinet)
Swell Bourdon Bass 16 (CC-BB; stopped wood), Bourdon 16 (stpd. wood), Aeoline 16 (Currently draws 49 note 8’ Celeste), Open Diapason 8 (1-12 zinc, remainder common metal; H&H), Stopped Diapason 8 (1-49 stopped pine, sunken blocks; remainder open metal), Quintadena 8 (stopped wood throughout, Melodia mouths), Salicional 8 (1-8 zinc, remainder tin), Octave 4 (spotted slotted throughout; H&H "1005"), Flute Harmonique 4 (open spotted metal; harmonic 24-49), Violina 4 (spotted slotted throughout; H&H "Violin 1005"), Flageolet 2 (sptd. metal), Mixture V (spotted metal throughout, "Cornet 1005"; 15-19-22-26-29), Contra Fagotto 16 (spotted bells on zinc 1-24; 25-49 spotted; H&H), Cornopean 8 (spotted bells on zinc 1-24; 25-49 spotted; 37-49 harmonic; H&H), Oboe 8 (49 reeds; spotted metal and zinc; H&H), Vox Humana 8 (49 reeds; tin; H&H), Clarion 4 (37 reeds; spotted bells on zinc 1-37; H&H), Tremolo
Pedal Open Diapason 16 (open wood), Bourdon 16 (stpd. wood), Quint 10 2/3 (stpd. wood), Violoncello 8 (1-12 zinc, remainder spotted; "Ped Viol 1005"), Trombone 16 (H&H, wooden blocks, zinc boots, maple shallots)
Great Open Diapason 16 (1-6 stpd wood; remainder zinc/cm; slotted and decorated H&H), Open Diapason 8 (1-12 zinc, remainder common metal; H&H; slotted, decorated H&H), Doppel Flote 8 (1-12 stopped pine, remainder double mouth stopped pine), Viola da Gamba 8 (tin throughout, box beards; H&H; slotted and decorated), Dulciana 8 (1-12 zinc; remainder spotted metal, slotted), Octave 4 (common metal; slotted and decorated), Flauto Traverso 4 (open pine; harmonic 24-49; 50-61 open metal), Twelfth 2 2/3 (common metal, slotted, decorated with large red band), Fifteenth 2 (spotted metal throughout), Mixture V (spotted metal throughout; 15-19-22-26-29), Scharf III (spotted metal throughout; 19-22-26), Trumpet 8 (49 reeds; 1-24 zinc, remainder spotted; H&H), Clarion 4 (44 reeds; 1-12 zinc, remainder spotted; H&H)
Great to Pedal 8, Swell to Pedal 8, Choir to Pedal 8, Swell to Great 8, Choir to Great 8, Swell to Choir 8, Great to Great (Great Separation)
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