Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church
551 Pleasant Street
Worcester,
MA
01602 US
Organ ID: 23515
I respectfully dispute the statement "The organ has been renovated with changes from its original state." There were no known "changes." This is AUTHENTIC E. M. Skinner.
Blessed Sacrament’s church organ was dismantled piece by piece in 2016 and transported to the A. Thompson-Allen Company LLC of New Haven, Conn., where it underwent a complete and historically accurate restoration. Prior to the 2016 removal, Opus 736 was one of the few 3 manual Skinner Organs extant that was in completely original condition. In 2016, the organ was in use and playable but in need of major work. The removing of the organ coincided with needed structural repairs to organ chamber in the central bell tower. The organ was reinstalled in its original location in the rear gallery of the church during the spring and summer of 2019. On October 6, 2019 Thomas Murray gave a recital to celebrate the reinstallation of Skinner Organ Co, Opus 736. The organ is in frequent use.
Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn:
Extant; unaltered.
Church interior to rear gallery and organ case: Photograph by Stephen St. Denis. Taken on 2019-06-17
Building exterior: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-15
Building interior: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-15
Balcony: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-15
Console: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-15
Facade: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-15
Chamber entrance: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-15
Pedal pipework: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-15
Pedal pipework, entrance to the choir chamber, and tower ladder.: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-15
Great chest: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-15
Great chest: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-15
Great chest and facade: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-15
Pedal trebles and choir chamber: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-15
Choir chamber: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-15
Choir chamber: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-15
A view from the swell ladder: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-15
Swell chamber: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-15
Swell chamber: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-15