Dobson Pipe Organ Builders
1994
Originally Wm. Johnson & Son (Opus 499, 1877)
Our Lady of Good Counsel - The School Sisters of Notre Dame
Our Lady of Good Counsel Chapel
170 Good Counsel Drive
Mankato, MN, US
53 Ranks
Instrument ID: 6663 ● Builder ID: 1673 ● Location ID: 2483
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Movable Console
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions44 StopsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionStop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Convent closed in 2022, organ sampled for hauptwerk before closure, current state unknown. Per "the organ in new England", entire organ is built to very large scale with the great double open is 11.5” across low C and the pedal open wood is 16.25”x13.75" inner dimensions.
Database Manager on July 3rd, 2013:
Updated through online information from John Panning.
Database Manager on July 16th, 2012:
Updated through online information from Richard C Greene.
Database Manager on November 21st, 2011:
Updated through information from Richard C. Greene: -- 1877 - Installed in St. Mary of the Sacred Heart Church,Boston 1922 - Electric action installed by W. W. Laws 1975 - Moved to the Chapel of the Motherhouse of the School Sisters of Notre Dame in Mankato. 1994 - Refurbished by Dobson Organ Co. [From Richard C. Greene November 21, 2011]
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1993.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Built for St. Mary of the Sacred Heart, Boston, MA. Electropneumatic pulldowns by William W. Laws in 1927. Moved to Our Lady, Mankato 1975 through OCH. Installed by Richard Lurth. Taken down 1994 for renovations by Dobson Organ Co.
Webpage Links: Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Ltd. - Instruments [Our Lady of Good Counsel page]
Related Instrument Entries: Richard Lurth Organ Co. (1975) , Wm. Johnson & Son (Opus 499, 1877)
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