J. H. Willcox & Co.
Opus 25, 1871
Originally Simmons & McIntire (1850ca.)
St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church
225 Dorchester Street
Boston (South Boston), MA, US
27 Ranks - 1,382 Pipes
Instrument ID: 42143 ● Builder ID: 6750 ● Location ID: 3003
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STOPLISTS
| Great🛈 | ||
| 16' | Æolina | 44 |
| 8' | 1st Open Diapason | 56 |
| 8' | 2nd Open Diapason | 56 |
| 8' | Clarabella | 56 |
| 8' | Dolce | 56 |
| 8' | Viol di Gamba🛈 | |
| 4' | Principal | 56 |
| 4' | Celestina | 56 |
| 4' | Flute🛈 | |
| 2⅔' | Twelfth | 56 |
| 2' | Fifteenth | 56 |
| III | Mixture | 168 |
| 8' | Trumpet | 56 |
| Swell🛈 | ||
| 16' | Bourdon | 44 |
| 8' | Open Diapason | 44 |
| 8' | Stop Diapason | 44 |
| 8' | Dolce | 44 |
| 4' | Principal | 44 |
| 4' | Night Horn | 44 |
| 2⅔' | Nassard | 44 |
| 2' | Fifteenth | 44 |
| 8' | Oboe | 44 |
| 8' | Trumpet | 44 |
| SWELL BASS🛈 | ||
| 16' | Bourdon Bass | 12 |
| 8' | Stop Diap. Bass | 12 |
| 8' | Quintadena Bass | 12 |
| 4' | Principal Bass | 12 |
| 8' | Bassoon Bass | 12 |
| Tremulant |
| PEDAL🛈 | ||
| 16' | Open Diapason | 27 |
| 16' | Violone (Dulciana) | 27 |
| COUPLERS | ||
| S-P, G-P, S-G |
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Unknown
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: Unknown
Features:
2 Manuals 3 DivisionsStop Layout: Unknown
Expression Type: Unknown
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
Exhibited in the 1961 OHS convention(s)
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Organ Built by J. Butler under the supervision of J, H, Willcox. A rebuild, 1871, of an older organ or organs. -- 1961 OHS Handbook
Database Manager on August 23rd, 2016:
Updated through online information from Scot Huntington.
The organ was left totally unplayable after an aborted attempt to electrify it by an itinerant amateur passing themselves off as an organ technician, in 1979. Lack of funding thereafter in this struggling South Boston parish prevented the salvaging of this important instrument to some semblance of usefullness. The church was closed by the diocese in 2004 and the Patrick Keeley building was converted into exclusive condominiums in 2014. The pipework was purchased by organbuilder A. David Moore, and what remained of the mechanism and massive windchests were discarded.
Database Manager on August 29th, 2009:
Identified through research conducted by Sand Lawn, courtesy of David Scribner. W. B. D. Simmons organ rebuilt by Joel Butler of Boston, under the supervision of J. H. Willcox; electrified in 1979.
Related Instrument Entries: Simmons & McIntire (1850ca.)
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