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Joseph W. Smith (1927)

Originally Hook & Hastings (Opus 1654, 1895)

Location:

St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church
929 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01610 US
Chancel
Organ ID: 70757

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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 good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on April 18, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 7 ranks. 375 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 8 stops. 12 registers.
Swell, Great & Pedal:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
  • Built by Hook & Hastings
We received the most recent update for this division from Paul R. Marchesano on April 18, 2022.
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.
Paul R. Marchesano 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."

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on April 18, 2022.
Reconstructed from current console photographs: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Paul R. Marchesano on April 18, 2022.

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