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Boston MA, USA (Massachusetts) - Church of Saint John the Evangelist (Episcopal)
Municipal: Boston MA
Region:Suffolk County
Address: 35 Bowdoin Street, 02114, Boston, MA

Description nr.: 2065899.

Built by: George S. Hutchings (1890) - opus 210
Church closed and sold (2018)

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1890 George S. Hutchings210 new organ
1930 Hook & Hastings2586 rebuild

  • The Church of Saint John the Evangelist on Bowdoin Street in Boston, Massachusetts, is a church building from 1831. Built for the congegational Church of the Advent, the building was taken over in 1883 as a mission church of the Society of Saint John the Evangelist. An new organ was installed in 1890 by George S. Hutchings with 32 stops. It replaced an instrument by Hook & Hastings from 1876, that was sold to the Unitarian Church in Groton, Massachusetts. Earlier organs in the church were instruments by Appleton and William B.D. Simmons.
  • The Hutchings organ was electrified and relocated inside the church by Hook & Hastings in 1930. The original location was on the north side of the choir, and since 1930 the instrument is on the gallery in the tower. A new console was installed. The Twelfth of Great was replaced by a Harmonic Flute 4'. The pedal compass was enlarged from 27 (C-d') to 32 (C-g') keys. Some years later a new Dulciana 16' was installed on the pedal on a separate chest.
  • In 1965, the organ was renovated. At this occasion some modifications to the stop list were carried out: the Flute Harmonique 4' of Great was modified to a Quint 2 2/3', the Gamba 8' to a Quint 5 1/3'. On Swell two 8'-ranks were shifted to become 4', namely the Violin Diapason and the Oboe. The Violine 4' was modified to a Nasard 2 2/3'.
  • In 1985 the church became a parish church. In 2014, the congregation merged with Saint Paul's Cathedral, and after a renovation of the cathedral, Saint John's was closed and sold at the end of 2017, beginning 2018.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great Organ11
- Swell Organ13
- Pedal Organ4
Total number of stops28
Key actionElectrical
Stop actionElectrical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Diapason 16', Diapason 8', Dulciana 8', Melodia 8', Quint 5 1/3' - 1890/1965, Octave 4', Flute d'Amour 4', Quint 2 2/3' - 1930/1965, Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Trumpet 8'.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Bourdon 16', Salicional 8', Aeoline 8', Voix Celeste 8', Spitz Flute 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Violin Diapason 4' - 1890/1965, Harmonic Flute 4', Violina 2 2/3' - 1890/1965, Flautino 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Cornopean 8', Oboe 4' - 1890/1965, Tremolo.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Dulciana 16' - ca. 1935?, Violoncello 8'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Great 16', Swell to Great 4', Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell to Pedal 4', Great to Great 16', Great to Great 4', Great Release, Swell to Swell 16', Swell to Swell 4', Swell Release.

Other specifications
Different specifications The original specifcation was:
Great Organ: Diapason 16', Diapason 8', Gamba 8', Dulciana 8', Melodia 8', Octave 4', Flute d'Amour 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Trumpet 8'.
Swell Organ: Bourdon 16', Violin Diapason 8', Salicional 8', Aeoline 8', Voix Celeste 8', Spitz Flute 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Violina 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Flautino 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Tremolo.
Pedal Organ: Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Violoncello 8'.
Koppelingen: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
Literature The Mission Church of St. John the Evangelist, Episcopal, Bowdoin St., Boston. - In: The Boston Organ Club Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 4, April, 1966.