Casavant Frères Ltée.
Opus 2419, 1957
St. Paul's Catholic Cathedral
Gallery
15 Chatham Street
Worcester, MA, US
51 Ranks - 3,051 Pipes
Instrument ID: 47414 ● Builder ID: 1116 ● Location ID: 41781
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3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions41 Stops50 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Unknown
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Exhibited in the 1983 OHS convention(s)
This instrument is: Extant and Not Playable in this location
Stephen St. Denis on June 28th, 2025:
Excerpt from the Organ Historical Society, Inc. Organ Handbook, 1983. Alan M. Laufman, Editor. Published for the 28th annual National Convention of the Society. Page 77. “St. Paul’s Church, designed by Elbridge Boyden, was started in 1869; the basement was used for services until the church itself was completed (except the tower) and dedicated on 4 July 1874. The tower was finished in 1889. E. &G.G. Hook & Hastings supplied a small two-manual organ, Opus 840, perhaps for the basement church. Johnson & Son built a large three-manual instrument, Opus 512, 1878, for the upper church; that instrument had 41 ranks and ash casework 30 feet high, twelve feet deep, and 28 feet wide. The key and stop action were mechanical, and the key desk was reversed, so the organist faced down the length of the church. In later years, the organ was electrified by Joseph G. Cooper. St. Paul’s became the Cathedral of the new Diocese of Worcester in 1952; the Casavant organ, incorporating 22 of the Johnson ranks, was dedicated 8 December 1957 by Bishop John J. Wright. The stoplist was developed by Rev. John B. O’Connell, Diocesan Director of music; Rev. Arthur A. Ouilette, cathedral director of music, and Robert G. Morel, Casavant representative. Fernando Gernani played the opening recital at the dedication; his program included: Bass et Dessus de Trompette and Recit de Nazard, Clerambault; Concerto in D minor, Vivaldi-Bach; Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, Bach; Noel, d’Aquin; and Grande Piece Symphonique, Franck. Joan Marie Moynagh, Soprano, assisted.”
Excerpt from the Organ Historical Society, Inc. Organ Handbook, 1983. Alan M. Laufman, Editor. Published for the 28th annual National Convention of the Society. Page 77. “St. Paul’s Church, designed by Elbridge Boyden, was started in 1869; the basement was used for services until the church itself was completed (except the tower) and dedicated on 4 July 1874. The tower was finished in 1889. E. &G.G. Hook & Hastings supplied a small two-manual organ, Opus 840, perhaps for the basement church. Johnson & Son built a large three-manual instrument, Opus 512, 1878, for the upper church; that instrument had 41 ranks and ash casework 30 feet high, twelve feet deep, and 28 feet wide. The key and stop action were mechanical, and the key desk was reversed, so the organist faced down the length of the church. In later years, the organ was electrified by Joseph G. Cooper. St. Paul’s became the Cathedral of the new Diocese of Worcester in 1952; the Casavant organ, incorporating 22 of the Johnson ranks, was dedicated 8 December 1957 by Bishop John J. Wright. The stoplist was developed by Rev. John B. O’Connell, Diocesan Director of music; Rev. Arthur A. Ouilette, cathedral director of music, and Robert G. Morel, Casavant representative. Fernando Gernani played the opening recital at the dedication; his program included: Bass et Dessus de Trompette and Recit de Nazard, Clerambault; Concerto in D minor, Vivaldi-Bach; Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, Bach; Noel, d’Aquin; and Grande Piece Symphonique, Franck. Joan Marie Moynagh, Soprano, assisted.”
Database Manager on March 21st, 2018:
Updated by Sam Cherubin, listing this website as a source of information: https://cathedralofsaintpaul.com/the-cathedral-organ.
Database Manager on December 16th, 2010:
Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Divided in basic cases to each side of the gallery window; a 3/13 Wicks Op. 4802 was added in 1967 in the sanctuary with a stoptab console that also controlled the gallery organ; both organs were rebuilt and enlarged by Russell & Co. in 2000 as Op. 38, retaining some of the pipework and mechanisms.
Related Instrument Entries: Stephen J. Russell (& Co.) (Opus 39, 2000)
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