Holy Family Parish / St. Joseph Church
35 Hamilton Street
Worcester, MA
Images
2020-03-15 - Church interior (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)
2020-10-28 - Grand Orgue pipework (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)
2014-03-10 - Recit pipework (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)
2011-04-29 - Right Stop Jamb (Photograph by Digital Camera/Stephen St.Denis)
2011-04-29 - Left Stop Jamb (Photograph by Digital Camera/Stephen St.Denis)
2011-09-01 - Nameplate (Photograph by Digital Camera/Stephen St.Denis)
2013-09-22 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Database Manager)
2009-04-18 - Organ case in rear gallery (Photograph by Stephen St.Denis/Database Manager)
2009-04-18 - Organ case in the rear gallery (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Database Manager)
2011-04-29 - Console (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Database Manager)
2025-02-04 - Organ case and façade from the choir loft (Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 3 manuals
- 39 stops
- 26 registers
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1998 -Database Manager
2005-09-04 - Online update from Judith A. Ollikkala -- Organ under restoration, being used -Database Manager
2010-12-06 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2011-01-03 - Updated through online information from Stephen St. Denis. -Database Manager
2023-09-03 - On September 1, 2023 Holy Family Parish and Saint Stephen Parishes of Worcester, Massachusetts were merged to form a new parish under the name Saint Joseph and Saint Stephen Parish. It will be a territorial parish incorporating the boundaries of the former Holy Family and Saint Stephen Parishes, Worcester, Massachusetts. The respective titles of the church buildings will continue to be Saint Joseph Church and Saint Stephen Church. -Stephen St. Denis
Stoplist
Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Worcester, Massachusetts
1928 Casavant-Freres, Limitee, Op. 1239
(Stoplist: web page for Worcester AGO, 1998)
Composition de l'orgue
GRANDE ORGUE
Montre 8' 68
Principal 8' 68
Flute Ouverte 8' 68
Gemshorn 8' 68
Octave 4' 68
Flute Harmonique 4' 68
Trompette 8' 68
RECIT (Expressif)
Bourdon 16' 68
Bourdon 8' 68
Principal 8' 68
Viole de Gamba 8' 68
Voix Celeste 8' 49
Principal 4' 68
Flute Traverse 4' 68
Flautino 2' 61
Cornet 3 Ranks 204
Trompette 8' 68
Hautbois 8' 68
Voix Humaine 8' 68
POSITIF (Expressif)
Principal 8' 68
Melodie 8' 68
Dulciane 8' 68
Flute d'Amour 4' 68
Clarinette 8' 68
PEDALE
Flute Ouverte 16' 30
Bourdon 16' 30
Bourdon Doux 16' RE
Flute 8' 12
Flute Douce 8' 12
PEDALES A BASCULE
Expression Recits
Expression Positif
Crescendo
ACCOUPLEMENTS/TIRASSES
Recit au Grande Orgue 16' 8' 4'
Positif au Grande Orgue 16' 8' 4'
Recit au Positif 16' 8' 4'
Grande Orgus au Grande Orgue 4'
Recit au Recit 16' 4'
Positif au Positif 16' 4'
Grande Orgue a la Pedale 8'
Recit a la Pedale 8' 4'
Positif a la Pedale 8'
BOUTONS a DOUBLE ACTION
Grande Orgue a la Pedale
Grande Orgue a la Pedale (au Pied)
Positif a la Pedale
Recit au Grande Orgue
Positif au Grand Orgue
Recit au Positif
Grand Jeu (au Pied)
Rappel
BOUTONS de COMBINASIONS -AJUSTABLES
1, 2, 3 AU Grande Orgue
1, 2, 3, 4 au Recit
1, 2, au Positif
1, 2, a la Pedale
1, 2, 3 Generaux (au Pied)
INDICATEURS
Grand Jeu
Vent Metre
Voit Metre
Documents
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