Cathedral Organs
West Gallery organ
Hutchings-Votey; Boston, Mass.; 1907
4 manuals, 51 ranks
Click here to see specifications of the Hutchings-Votey organ.
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
(no picture available)
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.
Italian Baroque Organ
Formerly in Cathedral Chapel; was purchased by the Arizona State University School of Music in Tempe, AZ
Domenico Traeri; Modena-Bolonga region, Italy; 1742
1 manual, 6 ranks
Originally, the organ stood in a small church near Modena, Italy, which was damaged during the second world war and later demolished in the 1950s. Around that time the organ was purchased by Giovanni Ronzoni and moved into his house. Giovannis plan was to have it restored and to be used as a house organ. The organ was stored in the attic of his family home for about 50 years. This is certainly one of the main reasons why the instrument is in such good condition and nothing has been lost.
This instrument is one of the later creations of Domenico Traeri. Earlier instruments are known from around 1710 even though the Traeri organ builder dynasty has been building organs since the later part of the 17th century in the region of Modena- Bologna-and Reggio.
The art of organ building was handed down from generation to generation. Some of the organs are signed by two organ builders of the same family like the instrument of Chiesa parrochiale in Montabraro near Modena from the year 1694 (Francesco and Domenico Traeri). Carlo Traeri worked in the second part of the 17th century, Agostino Traeri from the middle to the end of the 18th century.
The style of organ building common to 17th and 18th
century Italy is not widely known in America. It was on instruments such as
this that Padre Martini played and taught.
Disposition:
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8' 4' 2' 1 1/3' 1' 8' |
Principal Ottava Quintadecima Decimanona Vigesimaseconda Voce Umana |
C,D stopped wood, E - tenor d# open wood, rest metal C - tenor f#, 2', from tenor g, 4' C - tenor f#, 1', from tenor g, 2' C - f2, 1 1/3', from f#2, 2 2/3' C - f#1, 2/3', from g1, 2' from d#1 |
There is only one pipe of the 1 Vigesimaseconda missing, which has been easily replaced.
Manual compass: C,D,E,F,G,A,B,H,c-c3 (45 notes); Pedal, pull down (13 notes)
The manual keyboard is original, the pedal keyboard has been reconstructed from existing examples of other Traeri organs of that time and area. There is complete restoration documentation available but it still needs to be translated.
St. James Cathedral gratefully acknowledges the loan of this instrument by its owner, Martin Pasi Organ builders, Roy, Washington.