Pipe Organ Database

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J. H. Willcox & Co. (Opus 32, 1872)

Location:

World's Peace Jubilee Coliseum
Back Bay
Boston, MA US
Organ ID: 42206

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Exhibitions, Fairs, other commercial exhibits
  • 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: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 35 ranks. 2 manuals. 29 stops.
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Stops: 29
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on August 29, 2009:

Identified through research conducted by Sand Lawn, courtesy of David Scribner. Placed in temporary Coliseum; no information. May have borne the nameplate of the successor to J.H. Willcox, Hutchings, Plaisted & Co.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Specification from <i>The Organ in New England</i> by Barbara Owen (Raleigh: The Sunbury Press, 1979)
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Coliseum Interior and Pipe Display: Photograph (1872) from the collection of Jim Lewis.

Organ: Photograph from an archival source: Stereopticon image card - front, submitted by Jarlath Macnamara. Taken approx. 1872

Back side of stereopticon image card with description of the organ: Photograph from an archival source: Stereopticon image card - back, submitted by Jarlath Macnamara. Taken approx. 1872

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