Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Mission Church, Boston (Roxbury), MA
Geo. S. Hutchings, Opus 410
1897/1968

* new pipework, 1968 (Lahaise)
+ moved or reworked

GREAT
    Double Diapason          16'
    Open Diapason             8'
    Doppel Flute+             8'
    Spitz Flute               8'
    Octave                    4'
    Chimney Flute*            4'

    Fugara                    4'
    Twelfth               2 2/3'
    Fifteenth                 2'
    Nighthorn+                2'
    Tierce*               1 3/5'
    Cymbal                  VII
    Mixture                   V
    Scharf                  III
    Posaune                  16'
    Trumpet                   8'
    Clarion                   4'

    Swell to Great   16', 8', 4'
    Choir to Great   16', 8', 4'
    Great to Great            4'
    Great Unison Off

CHOIR
    Gedeckt                   8'
    Principal                 4'
    Spindle Flute*            4'
    Octave                    2'
    Sesquialtera*            II
    Mixture*                 IV
    Cremona                   8'

Swell to Choir       16', 8', 4'
Choir to Choir       16', 4'
Choir Unison Off

SWELL
    Bourdon                  16'
    Diapason                  8'
    Gedeckt                   8'
    Viola                     8'
    Viola Celeste             8'
    Octave                    4'
    Koppel Flote*             4'
    Nazard*               2 2/3'
    Block Flote*              2'
    Tierce*               1 3/5'
    Larigot*              1 1/3'
    Mixture*              III-V
    Fagot                    16'
    Trompette                 8'
    Oboe                      8'
    Vox Humana                8'
    Shawm                     4'

Swell to Swell            16',4'
Swell Unison Off
Tremelo

PEDAL
    Bourdon                  32'
    Principal                16'
    Bourdon                  16'
    Violone                  16'
    Dulciana                 16'
    Octave                    8'
    Flute                     8'
    Cello                     8'
    Quint                 5 1/3'
    Super Octave              4'
    Flute*                    4'
    Flute*                    2'
    Mixture*                 IV
    Trombone                 16'
    Trumpet                   8'

Great to Pedal            8', 4'
Swell to Pedal            8', 4'
Choir to Pedal                8'
Pedal to Pedal                4'

Solo division on slider chest with pneumatic action. new slider chests were 
patterned directly from the Hutchings toeboards. A new console was provided, 
though the bat-wing console still existed. The tonal work, intended to brighten 
and expand the harmonic palette, was undertaken in consultation with Charles 
Fisk. New upper work was included in the swell, choir, and pedal divisions 
(mutations, mixtures, etc.). The reeds were revoiced to keep their fiery quality 
on lower pressure. Not all of the original pipework was incorporated, the most 
notable omissions being the solo tuba and the choir foundations. However, much 
of this pipework has stood in the original toeboards for the past 25+ years, 
awaiting the chance to sing again.

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