Wm. M. Goodrich (1826)

Location:

St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Boston, MA US
Organ ID: 10349

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Episcopal and Anglican Churches
  • The organ has been relocated.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 3 manuals. 26 stops.
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Stops: 26
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on September 27, 2012:

Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -- Owen, 1979, notes that according to available evidence, this may be considered as William Goodrich's magnum opus. Goodrich provided a small, temporary organ to St. Paul Church beginning in 1822, when the contract was signed, for use in the interim. This instrument is unique because it is the earliest documented example of an American organ to have an open 16' stop in the pedal. In fact, Goodrich must have been nervous about providing enough wind, because the main bellows was huge, at 6'-0" deep x 12'-0" long. Although Goodrich's 16' Pedal Open Diapason was began at CC, the Pedal compass extended to GG; however, the lowest four notes, G, A, A#, and B, doubled back an octave above. In 1854, this organ was sold to Plymouth Congregational Church in Framingham, Massachusetts, where it was rebuilt by Hutchings in 1887, and destroyed after being replaced by Skinner in 1930.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

G Compass. 1700 pipes.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Boston Organ Club Newsletter, January, 1975
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

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