Cathedral Organs
West Gallery organ
Hutchings-Votey; Boston, Mass.; 1907
4 manuals, 51 ranks
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East Apse organ
The Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy Millennium Organ
Manuel Rosales; Los Angeles, California; 2000
3 manuals, 48 ranks
The Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy Millennium organ was built by Rosales Organ Builders of Los Angeles in 2000. It consists of 48 ranks of pipes over three manual divisions and pedal; five ranks of pipes have been incorporated from the 1926 Casavant organ that stood behind the former high altar in the east apse of the cathedral. The new organ was carefully designed to provide musical leadership from the east apse for liturgies, to accompany the cathedral choral ensembles, and to provide for a more authentic performance of Baroque music for liturgical and concert use. A four-manual master console provides a single organist with complete control over the tonal resources of both the Rosales organ and the Hutchings-Votey organ in the west gallery.
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Positive organ [South transept]
Laukhuff/Zuckerman, 1981
1 manual, 3 ranks
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8' Quintadena
4' Rohrflöte
2' Principal
This instrument was built with divided stops for additional flexibility; a keyboard-shift mechanism allows instant transposition down one semi-tone ("low pitch", A=415). This organ, used for liturgies in the Chapel and to accompany various ensembles in the Cathedral, was purchased with funds from the John Doyle Bishop Bequest to the Cathedral.
Medieval organ
Corpus Christi East Apse
Frans Bosman; Portland, Oregon; 1984
3 ranks
The medieval replica organ ("Corpus Christi") was built by Frans Bosman of Portland, Oregon, in 1984, and includes three ranks of copper pipes and a set of hand-cast German bronze bells. The organ requires two players for performance: one to draw the sliders located under each note (a precursor to the more familiar keyboard); the second player to supply the wind through two wedge bellows. The organ is used in the performance of Medieval liturgical music, and was a bequest to the Cathedral from the estate of Howard Hoyt, Cathedral Organist from 1976-1992.