Jesse Woodberry (& Co.)
1899
Ste. Marie's Roman Catholic Church
378 Notre Dame Avenue
Manchester, NH, US
47 Ranks - 2,676 Pipes
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CONSOLES
Builder: Austin Organs, Inc.
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)30 Note Pedal5 Divisions42 Stops44 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionCrescendoCombination Thumb Piston(s)Combination Toe Piston(s)Coupler Thumb Piston(s)Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)Stop Layout: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: ExtantandPlayable in this location
The "Solo" Organ has a 16 Bourdon available only from the 1 manual console in the East Transept.
Information Wayne Johnson on 2025-08-21
Database Manager on November 28th, 2017:
"The organ is a three-manual instrument with electric action, installed by Jesse Woodberry & Co. of Boston and opened in a recital by George E. Whiting in 1899. The instrument is located in a free-standing oak case in the second gallery (a very unusual placement in North America), and the somewhat misnamed "Solo" organ is in the gallery of the right transept, 125 feet away. The old gallery console had a roll-top, drawknobs, a flat pedal keyboard, and far fewer couplers than the present 1941 Austin console, located where the former one stood. No tonal changes have been made, and the Solo Organ (playable from the Great of the old console and now not playable from the Great of the new console), still has the original attached console and electric action. The two instruments cost $15,000 and are possibly the oldest tonally unaltered organs with electric action in the New England area." (Boston Organ Club Newsletter, November 1966)
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1992.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
(Extent of Woodberry material to be determined.) Austin console added 1941. Extensive repairs c. 1992 by Richard Hurley.
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