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Table of Major Pipe Organs in the Worcester Area
(Click on column header to sort the list by that factor, for instance, Year Built to see which is the oldest)
Venue | Denomination/Type | Builder | Opus | Year Built | Extant | #Manuals | #Ranks | #Pipes | Action Type | Altered Y/N |
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Mechanics Hall | Municipal | Hook | 334 | 1864 | Y | 4 | 65 | M | N | |
All Saints Episcopal | Episcopal | Æolian Skinner | 909 | 1933 | Y | 4 | 132 | EP | Y | |
* All Saints Choir room | Episcopal | Æolian Skinner | 897 | 1932 | N | 2 | 2 | EP | N | |
First Baptist (sanctuary) | Baptist | Reuter-Gilbert-Russell | 1962 | Y | 4 | 86 | EP | Y | ||
First Baptist Chapel | Baptist | J W Walker | 1986 | Y | 2 | 13 | M | N | ||
Trinity Lutheran | Lutheran | Noack | 40 | 1969 | Y | 3 | 62 | M | N | |
Trinity Lutheran Chapel | Lutheran | Noack | 41 | 1967 | Y | 1 | 3 | M | N | |
First Unitarian | Unitarian | Æolian Skinner | 1433 | 1963 | Y | 4 | 74 | EP | Y | |
** United Congregational | Congregational | Berkshire | 144 | 1988 | Y | 3 | 54 | EP | Y | |
Holy Cross College St Joseph’s Chapel | Catholic | Taylor-Boody | 1985 | Y | 4 | 70 | M | N | ||
Wesley Methodist | Methodist | E. M. Skinner/ Æolian Skinner/ Berkshire |
615/ 615-A 36 |
1927/ 1955/ 1972 |
Y | 4 | 73 | EP | Y | |
Cathedral of St. Paul Gallery | Catholic | Johnson, Casavant | 2419 | 1957 | Y | 3 | 51 | EP | Y | |
Cathedral of St. Paul Chancel | Catholic | Wicks Russel |
1968 2000 |
Y | 3 | 13 | EM | Y | ||
Our Lady of the Angels | Catholic | J W Walker | 1984 | Y | 3 | 56 | M | N | ||
St Joseph R C | Catholic | Casavant | 1239 | 1928 | Y | 3 | 31 | EP | N | |
Assumption College | Catholic | Russell | 18 | 1995 | Y | 3 | 65 | EM | Y | |
** Pakachoag UCC (in Auburn) | Congregational | Dobson | 69 | 1997 | Y | 2 | 28 | M | N | |
** Worcester Art Museum | Museum | Æolian Skinner | 1036 | 1942 | Y | 3 | 32 | EP | N | |
** Worcester Memorial Auditorium | Municipal | Kimball | 7119 | 1933 | Y | 4 | 106 | 7541 | EP | N |
St Peters R C | Catholic | Casavant | Y | 3 | 53 | EP | N | |||
Pilgrim Congregational | Congregational | Hutchings/Hall/Baker | Y | 3 | 34 | EP | N | |||
Hanover Theater | Theater | Wurlitzer (mostly) |
(various) | 1920s | Y | 4 | 35 | 2507 | EP | Y |
Worcester Polytechnical Institute | University | Æolian Skinner | 1034 | 1941 | Y | 3 | 35 | EP | N | |
Blessed Sacrament | Catholic | Skinner | 736 | 1928 | Y | 3 | 28 | EP | N | |
Christ the King R C | Catholic | Casavant | 1974 | Y | 2 | 24 | EP | N | ||
First Congregational | Congregational | Austin | 2341 | 1960 | Y | 2 | 24 | EP | N | |
Emanuel Lutheran | Lutheran | Cooper | 1988 | Y | 2 | 30 | M | N | ||
Emmanuel Baptist | Baptist | Austin | 24 | 1898 | Y | 2 | 16 | EP | ||
** Our Lady of Mount Carmel | Catholic | Wicks | Y* | 2 | EP | N | ||||
St John’s Episcopal | Episcopal | Casavant | 1968 | Y | 2 | 16 | EP | N | ||
St John’s R C | Catholic | Hook & Hastings | 1660 | 1895 | Y | 2 | M | N | ||
Sacred Heart R C | Catholic | Johnson | 731 | 1890 | Y | 2 | M | N | ||
St George’s Cathedral (Anna St) | Syrian Orthodox | Andover | 69 | 1971 | Y | 2 | 14 | M | N | |
Adams Square Baptist (Lincoln St) | Baptist | Reed | 1901 | N | 2 | M | N | |||
Salem Covenant (East Mountain St) | Covenant | Reuter | 1684 | 1970 | Y | 3 | 21 | EP | Y | |
St Stephen’s R C | Catholic | Reed | Y | 2 | M | |||||
St Bernard’s R C | Catholic | Skinner | 781 | 1929 | Y | 3 | EP | N | ||
First Presbyterian | Presbyterian | Gilbert & Butler | 1895 | Y | 2 | M | N | |||
Pleasant Street Baptist | Baptist | Ryder | 163 | 1891 | Y | 2 | 20 | EP | ||
Hadwen Park Congregational | Congregational | Estey | 3087 | 1938 | Y | 2 | 7 | EP | ||
Rural Cemetery Chapel | Cemetery | Frazee | 1950 | Y | 2 | 4 | DE | N | ||
St John Ev Lutheran Church | Lutheran | J W Walker | 1989 | Y | 2 | 27 | M | N | ||
Holy Name of Jesus RC | Catholic | Moller | 2157 | 1917 | Y | 3 | 24 | EP | ||
Gilbertville Congregational | Congregational | Johnson | 1847 | Y | 2 | 13 | M | N |