Pipe Organ Database

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Taylor & Boody Organbuilders (Opus 9, 1985)

Location:

Holy Cross College
Worcester, MA 01610 US
St. Joseph Chapel
Organ ID: 2318

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Colleges and Universities
  • The organ has an unknown or unreported status.
  • 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: Slider
  • 81 ranks. 3,836 pipes. 5 divisions. 4 manuals. 51 stops. 54 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 4
  • Divisions: 5
  • Stops: 51
  • Registers: 54
  • Position: Keydesk attached, manuals set into case.
  • Manual Compass: 56
  • Pedal Compass: 30
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style without cover.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on flat jambs.
  • Combination Action: No combination action.
  • Swell Control Type: No enclosed divisions.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on July 06, 2008:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Wind supplied by by four wedge-bellows with pumping motors - no blower. Case patterned after 18th cent. cases by Hendrik Niehoff. Great chorus derived from Niehoff's Blockwerk concept. Ruckpositiv and Brustwerk are Schnitger-style. Oberwerk Renaissance-style 8' Trompet influenced by early French and Spanish reeds. Two tremulants: a Dom Bedos "tremblant doux" to the Ruckpositiv; and a Schnitger-type tremulant to the entire organ.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Status Note: There 1998

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database.
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from John Roper on September 27, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Organ case in the rear gallery: Photograph by Stephen St.Denis. Taken on 2018-05-31

Chapel interior: Photograph by Stephen St.Denis. Taken on 2018-05-31

Keydesk and stops: Photograph by Stephen St.Denis. Taken on 2017-11-05

Keydesk and trackers: Photograph by Stephen St.Denis. Taken on 2017-11-05

Organ case: Photograph by Stephen St.Denis. Taken on 2013-04-15

Chapel Exterior: Photograph by Stephen St. Denis. Taken on 2018-05-31

Facade detail: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-27

Manual wind pump : Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-27

Behind the organ case: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-27

Console: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-27

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Room: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-27

Brustwerk doors: Photograph by Taylor & Boody website, submitted by Jeff Scofield.

Console: Photograph by Taylor & Boody website, submitted by Jeff Scofield.

Interior to front: Photograph by Taylor & Boody website, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2003-10-24

Stopknobs: Photograph by Taylor & Boody website, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2003-10-23

Right stop jamb: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-27

Left stop jamb: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-27

Case Inscription: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-27

Room: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-27

Pedalboard: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-27

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Room: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-27

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Building: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-27

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