Boston Area Organs

St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish, Beverly
Hook & Hastings, Opus 2180, 1908
Spencer Organ Co., Restoration, 2007

The Boston area is home to some of the finest organs in the country. This page features many of them, providing stop lists and information about the venues.

Thanks to Len Levasseur for organ portraits, Jonathan Ambrosino for stoplists, and Ross Wood for venue descriptions.

To submit an instrument for inclusion, send an email to the webmaster. Please provide photos of the organ and the venue, the name of the builder with opus number and year, a stop list, and a link for the venue’s website.

Instruments in the City of Boston

BACK BAY

Arlington Street Church
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc., Opus 1307, 1957

Church of the Covenant
Welte-Tripp, Opus 287, 1929

First Church in Boston
Casavant Frères, Opus 3140, 1972

First Lutheran Church
Richards, Fowkes & Co., Opus 10, 2000 

Old South Church
Skinner Organ Co., Opus 308, 1921

St. Cecilia Parish
Smith & Gilbert, 1999

Symphony Hall
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Opus 1134, 1949
Foley-Baker, Inc., 2004

The First Church of Christ, Scientist
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Opus 1203, 1952

Trinity Church of Boston
Nave:
Skinner Organ Company, Opus 573, 1926
Aeolian-Skinner, Opus 573-A-B-D, 1961-1967
Chancel:
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, Opus 573-C, 1963

BEACON HILL

Church of the Advent
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Opus 940, 1936, 1964 

BRIGHTON

St. John’s Seminary
Hook & Hastings, Opus 1833, 1902
Andover Organ Company, Opus R-500, 2015

CHARLESTOWN

St. Mary - St. Catherine of Siena Parish
Woodberry & Harris, Opus 100, 1892
Andover Organ Co., Restoration, 2016

DORCHESTER

The Parish of All Saints, Ashmont
C.B. Fisk, Inc., Opus 103, 1995 
Skinner Organ Co., Opus 708, 1929

DOWNTOWN

King’s Chapel
C.B. Fisk, Inc., Opus 44, 1964

Cathedral Church of St. Paul
Aeolian-Skinner, Op. 1207, 1953

JAMAICA PLAIN

First Church Unitarian
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
E. & G.G. Hook, Opus 171, 1854, 1860

St. Thomas Aquinas Church
E. & G.G. Hook, Opus 160, 1854
George S. Hutchings, Opus 551, c. 1898

MISSION HILL

Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Geo. S. Hutchings, Opus 410, 1897

NORTH END

Christ Church, Episcopal (Old North Church)
A. David Moore Co., Opus 20, 1991

St. Leonard de Port Maurice
Peragallo Organ Co., Opus 757, 2019

SOUTH END

Cathedral of the Holy Cross
E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings, Opus 801, 1875

WEST END

Old West Church
C.B. Fisk, Inc., Opus 55, 1971

St. Joseph Parish
Hook and Hastings, Opus 1168, 1883

WEST ROXBURY

Holy Name Parish
Wicks Organ Co., Opus 1691, 1938

Instruments in the Surrounding Area

BEVERLY

St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish
Hook & Hastings, Opus 2180, 1908
Spencer Organ Co., Restoration, 2007

BROOKLINE

All Saints Episcopal Church
Casavant Frères, Opus 2613, October 1960

Church of Our Saviour
Hook & Hastings, Opus 1366, 1887

Sears Chapel (Christ’s Church)
E. & G.G. Hook, Opus 307, 1861

CAMBRIDGE

Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University
D.A. Flentrop, 1958

Christ Church
Schoenstein & Co., Organ Builders, Opus 149, 2006

First Church in Cambridge, Congregational UCC
Th. Frobenius & Sønner, Opus 765, 1972

The Memorial Church, Harvard University
Skinner Organ Co., Opus 793, 1929 
C.B. Fisk, Inc., Opus 139, 2012

St. Paul's Parish
Jesse Woodbury, Opus 251, 1904
Simmons chamber organ

University Lutheran Church
Fritz Noack and Co., Opus 58, 1971

CONCORD

Trinitarian Congregational Church
Noack Organ Co., Opus 159, 2016

MEDFORD

Goddard Chapel, Tufts University
Hook & Hastings, Opus 1134, 1883
Andover Organ Company, Opus R-258, 1982

METHUEN

Methuen Memorial Music Hall
E.F. Walcker and Company, Opus 200, 1863
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, Inc., Opus 1103, 1947

NEWTON

Church of the Redeemer
Schoenstein & Co., Opus 172, 2018

WELLESLEY

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Juget-Sinclair, Opus 24, 2005

Houghton Chapel, Wellesley College
C.B. Fisk, Inc., Opus 72, 1982

Boston City Hall