Pipe Organ Database

Andover Organ Co. (1965)

Originally Hook & Hastings (Opus 1654, 1895)

Exhibited in the 1968, 1983 OHS convention(s)

Location:

St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church
929 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01610 US
Chapel / Lower Church
Organ ID: 5448

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Status and Condition:

This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
The organ is unaltered from its original state.
The organ's condition is good, used occasionally.

We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on October 26, 2022.

Technical Details:

Chests: Slider
11 ranks. 595 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 8 stops. 12 registers.

Divisions

All:

Chest Type(s): Slider chests
Position: In a floor-level case at the rear of the room.
Built by Hook & Hastings

We received the most recent update for this division from Paul R. Marchesano on April 18, 2022.

Consoles

Keydesk:

Built by Hook & Hastings
Manuals: 2
Divisions: 3
Stops: 8
Registers: 12
Position: Keydesk attached.
Manual Compass: 58
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.
Combination Action: No combination action.
Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, not in standard AGO position.
Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.

We received the most recent update for this console from Paul R. Marchesano on April 18, 2022.

Notes

Stephen St. Denis on April 18, 2022:

From the Organ Historical Society, Inc. Organ Handbook 1983, page 75. 
"A two manual Hook & Hastings tracker, Opus 1654, 1895, built for the South Universalist Church, Worcester, was installed in the chancel at St. Peter’s Church in 1927, by Joseph W. Smith of Boylston Centre. In 1965, that organ was relocated to the lower church by the organ clearing house, and tonally revised by the Andover Organ Co. utilizing some pipe work from Steer & Turner Opus 1871, a large two-manual tracker built for the First Universalist Church, Worcester, subsequently electrified, and dismantled in 1965. The Hook & Hastings is still used in the lower church." Casavant Frères Ltée. (Opus 2938, 1967), OHS database ID # 45845 is in the upper church. 

We received the most recent update for this note from Stephen St. Denis on April 18, 2022.

Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

OCH from Unitarian, Worcester (2-12s); via upper church at St. Peter's. Altered Andover 1965.

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

Stoplists

From console photographs; supplemented by 1968 OHS Handbook: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Paul R. Marchesano on October 26, 2022.