Pipe Organ Database

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Philip A. Beaudry & Co. (1987)

Originally Hook & Hastings (Opus 707, 1873)

Location:

St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
29 Spring St.
Nashua, NH 03060 US
Sanctuary; rear gallery
Organ ID: 22479

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ has been rebuilt or substantially revised.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on May 17, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider with pneumatic pull-downs (externally, EP or TP)
  • 37 ranks. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 34 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider with pneumatic pull-downs (externally, EP or TP) chests
  • Position: Pipes exposed (in whole or in part) in a gallery at the rear of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Gallery:
  • Built by M. P. Möller
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 34
  • Position: Console in fixed position, center.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on May 17, 2023.
Database Manager on September 03, 2009:

Updated through online information from David Brockman. -- Just a correction on the "additional notes" section. The current console came from Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Gastonia, NC - not Trinity Church as stated.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on August 09, 2006:

Casework designed by Maurice R. Cote (organist of the church in 1987).

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on December 30, 2005:

Identified through online information from Christopher Bord. -- Rebuild of Hook & Hastings, using console of 1958 Möller, Opus 9144, from [ed., Holy] Trinity Church, North Carolina. See the original entry for further details.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on May 17, 2023.
Database Manager on December 17, 2005:

Identified through online information from Robert Faucher. -- Möller console retained and modified to control an older (Hook & Hastings?) instrument on slider chests with E/P pulldowns and SLIC motor stop controls. Plate on console mentions renovations done in 1987 by Philip Beaudry & Co.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on February 11, 2019.

Instrument Images:

Church interior with organ in rear gallery: Photograph by LifeNeeded (Google image), submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. 2022

Twin organ facades in rear gallery: Photograph by Pelland Organ Co. (still capture from video), submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2022-04-04

Left organ chamber facade: Photograph from an archival source: Church Twitter, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2018-05-21

Right organ chamber facade and console: Photograph from an archival source: Church Twitter, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2018-05-21