Wicks Pipe Organ Co.
Opus 1691, 1938
Holy Name Roman Catholic Church
1689 Centre Street
West Roxbury, MA, US
42 Ranks - 2,215 Pipes
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CONSOLES
Builder: Wicks Organ Co.
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal7 DivisionsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Transposer✓ Sequencer✓ MIDI✓ Record/Playback✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
Exhibited in the 2000 OHS convention(s)
From the church history timeline:
April 12, 1929: Ground is broken for the Lower Church by Quincy-based firm Edward T. P. Graham, which bid the project for $62,5500.00.
June 1, 1930: Cardinal O'Connell blesses the Lower Church and lays the cornerstone.
March 1939: The Upper Church is completed.
Paul R. Marchesano on December 10th, 2025:
[The organ] is a 1938 Wicks Organ Company organ, opus 1691, designed by Henry Vincent Willis, with restorations by the Southfield Organ Company in 2008.
-- information received via email from Edison Shinzawa, 2025-12-08
Jim Stettner on December 10th, 2025:
The Wicks opus list indicates 41-ranks. This entry states 42-ranks. The posted stoplist indicated 43-ranks.
Database Manager on February 17th, 2019:
Updated by John Roper, listing conversations with this person as the source of the information: Dr. Richard Bunbury. Organ restored to fully working condition in 2004.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 2000
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Twin 3m drawknob consoles. The Sanctuary organ was not working in 2000. Sanctuary organ also controlled from the Gallery console. Designed under Henry Vincent Willis.
Related Instrument Entries: Southfield Organ Builders (2004)
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