Pipe Organ Database

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Unknown Builder (1905)

Originally Simmons & Willcox (1860ca.)
Exhibited in the 1961 OHS convention(s)

Location:

St. Philip's Roman Catholic Church
903 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02118 US
Organ ID: 3587

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ has been relocated.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on November 17, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 22 ranks. 1,162 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 20 stops.
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: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 20
  • Position: Detached keydesk (mechanical action).
  • Manual Compass: 56
  • Pedal Compass: 27
  • 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 with a keyboard cover that can be lifted to form a music rack.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on September 04, 2007:

Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Updated with information from a published booklet about the organ's history and restoration in Danville, Virginia.

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

Built for First Parish Congregational, Cambridge, MA whose building became St. Paul's R. C. Relocated here in 1905. Removed when church closed in 1977. Later stored at Hamar shop, then Frels shop. Relocated to Mount Vernon United Methodist, Danville, VA in 1982.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
1961 OHS Handbook: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Paul R. Marchesano on November 17, 2022.

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