Rostron Kershaw (1956)
Sacred Heart R.C. Church
Newton Centre, Massachusetts
Attributed to Jesse Woodberry & Co., ca. 1900, No. 274
Compasses: 61-note manuals, 32-note pedalboard/30-note pedal chest
GREAT [Kershaw enclosure, shades now missing]
16' Principal [toeboard empty, 1-24 originally tubed off; 1-12 spurious,
sc. 33, 13-24 facade, from middle-c on unit chest]
8' Diapason [spurious tab, sc. 43, 1-15 facade]
8' Principal [8' sc. 50, extension of 16']
8' Melodia [stopped bass; marked "Ch"; metal trebles "Fl d'Amour"]
8' Flute [spurious tab, ext. Swell 16']
8' Dulciana [sc. 56]
8' Unda Maris [sc. 59, on Gamba toeboard, old Sw. Aeoline pipes, t.c.]
4' Octave [sc. 57]
4' Flute [marked "Sw.", narrow stopped wood]
4' Flute d'Amour [extension Sw. 16']
2 2/3' Twelfth [sc. 64, marked "Oct Qt"]
2' Fifteenth [sc. 69, marked "Sup Oct"]
III Mixture [2, 1 1/3, 1; octave breaks c', c'''; sc.69, 64 arched, 69]
8' Trumpet [tinned shallots]
Chimes [tenor-a to e"]
Great to Great 16', 4', Unison Off
Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'
SWELL [Woodberry enclosure]
16' Bourdon [originally divided Treble/Bass, now 4 unit offset chests]
8' Violin Diapason [sc. 45, common metal, stopped 1-9]
8' Stopped Diapason
8' Viola d'Gamba [sc. 54, former Gr. Gamba, tin, no pipes 1-6]
8' Voix Celeste [sc. 56, on Aeoline toeboard, 1-12 capped Aeoline,
remainder former Salicional, deslotted, tuned sharp]
4' Flute [sc. #1, harmonic @ middle-c]
4' Violina [sc. 69, currently dead]
2 2/3' Nazard [from Sw. 16', trebles spurious open metal "Picc"]
2' Piccolo [from Sw. 16', inoperable]
III Mixture* [1956, 2, 1 1/3, 1; fifth breaks c', f#'']
8' Oboe [tinned shallots, originally divided Treble/Bass]
8' Vox Humana [tinned shallots, tenor-c, lifting lid]
Tremulant
Swell to Swell 16', 4', Unison Off
* replaced original Dolce Cornet III
PEDAL (on two 1956 unit or ventil chests, C and C#, 30 notes, offset trebles)
32' Resultant [Diap. 16', Bour. 10 2/3', 32' Diap. at tenor-c]
16' Open Diapason [open wood, signed "E Grosse 1900", spurious extensions]
16' Principal [Great 16' unit]
16' Bourdon {spurious extensions]
16' Lieblich Gedeckt [Swell]
8' Principal [ext. Great]
8' Bourdon [ext. Bourdon]
8' Gedeckt [ext. Swell]
8' Cello [sc. 50]
5 1/3' Quint [ext. Swell]
4' Choral Bass [ext. Great]
4' Flute [ext. Bourdon]
4' Lieblich Flute [ext. Swell]
Great to Pedal 8', 4'
Swell to Pedal 8', 4'
MECHANICALS
Expression pedals for Great and Swell
Crescendo Pedal
Gr.to Pedal Reversible [thumb and toe]
Sforzando [thumb and toe]
General Cancel
Great 1-5
Swell 1-5
Pedal 1-4 [thumb and toe]
General 1-6 [thumb and toe]
Metal pipework all spotted metal with zinc basses longer than 3', with the exception of the Principal 16', Open 8' and Sw. Diapason and Harmonic Flute, which are heavy common metal. The Swell Gamba is of tin.