Pipe Organ Database

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Henri Lahaise & Sons (1998)

Originally Geo. S. Hutchings (& Co.) (Opus 410, 1897)
Exhibited in the 2000 OHS convention(s)

Location:

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Basilica (Mission Church)
1545 Tremont Street
Boston (Roxbury Crossing), MA 02120 US
Organ ID: 62267

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition needs attention, but in usable condition.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on April 28, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider, Electro-pneumatic (EP), Information unknown or not applicable
  • 76 ranks. 4,086 pipes. 5 divisions. 3 manuals. 52 stops. 64 registers.
Great:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Henri Lahaise
We received the most recent update for this division from John Roper on June 22, 2021.

Swell:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Henri Lahaise
We received the most recent update for this division from John Roper on June 22, 2021.

Choir:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Henri Lahaise
We received the most recent update for this division from John Roper on June 22, 2021.

Solo:
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Henri Lahaise & Sons
We received the most recent update for this division from John Roper on June 22, 2021.

Pedal:
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Henri Lahaise
We received the most recent update for this division from John Roper on June 22, 2021.
Main:
  • Built by Henri Lahaise
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 5
  • Stops: 52
  • Registers: 64
  • Position: Console in fixed position, center.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from John Roper on June 22, 2021.
Database Manager on April 21, 2018:

This describes a rebuild of an existing organ.
Identified by William Catanesye, who maintains the organ.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Taken from console: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Scot Huntington on September 28, 2021.

Instrument Images:

Organ in rear gallery: Photograph from an archival source: 2000 OHS Handbook, William T. Van Pelt, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano. Taken approx. 1999

Hutchings console: Photograph from an archival source: 2000 OHS Handbook, William T. Van Pelt, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano. Taken approx. 1999

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