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
