Morel Organ Co.
1969 ca.
Originally Wm. Johnson & Son (Opus 505, 1877)
St. John Cantius Roman Catholic Church
Northampton, MA, US
10 Ranks
Instrument ID: 6696 ● Builder ID: 4383 ● Location ID: 6352
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note PedalElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Unknown
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Update from Bill Czeluzniak facebook post of November 1, 2022
Andrew Scanlon on November 2nd, 2022:
According to Bill Czelusniak, the church closed in 2010 when many Northampton parishes merged. As of 2022 the building will be turned into condos. Organ was 1877 Johnson (opus 505) from Trinity Episcopal Church in Rockaway, Long Island. Probably moved here in 1912. Work done by Morel in 1969 - electrified with a Klann console. The organ is being parted out.
Czelusniak also notes that the pipes of the Twelfth are clearly stamped "664" and look like the work of Skinner. It may have been removed from Skinner Opus 664 at Hill Auditorium, Univ of Michigan, at the time of its 1955 Aeolian-Skinner rebuild, then incorporated into a residence organ belonging to Senator Emerson Richards, Atlantic City, NJ. How and why it these pipes made it into this Johnson/Morel in Northampton is anyone's guess. Taken from Facebook post by Bill Czelusniak.
Database Manager on May 28th, 2013:
Updated through online information from Shavon Jovi.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2012:
Updated through online information from Shavon Jovi.
Database Manager on October 28th, 2012:
Updated through online information from Shavon Jovi.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
The original builder was Johnson & Son (1877, Opus505).
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
From Trinity Episcopal, Rockaway, L.I., NY in 1927. Case and Pipes to be retained in Morel rebuild.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1996
Related Instrument Entries: Wm. Johnson & Son (Opus 505, 1877)
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