SAINT JOSEPH CO-CATHEDRAL
(Roman Catholic)
Located on Canal Boulevard, Thibodaux, Louisiana
(Roman Catholic)
Located on Canal Boulevard, Thibodaux, Louisiana
SEE ORGAN HISTORY AND SPECIFICATIONS BELOW
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SAINT JOSEPH CO-CATHEDRAL (Roman Catholic) Located on Canal Boulevard, Thibodaux, Louisiana |
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SEE ORGAN HISTORY AND SPECIFICATIONS BELOW |
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The history of St. Joseph Parish dates back to 1813. It began in 1819 as a small wooden church. The present church was begun in 1923 and completed in 1925. The ornamental plaster work carried on until 1931. The building is Renaissance Romanesque in design. (Information provided from a pamplet by Carolyn Portier Gorman) (Old Photos below are by E.G. Knowbloch,) My thanks to Eric Ordoyne for the use of these historic photos. The church shown below was erected in 1847 and replaced a wooden structure that was built in 1819. The Church was seriously damaged by a storm on September 20, 1909 and ultimately was destroyed by a fire on May 25, 1916. ORGAN: From Fr. Menard's Journal (St. Joseph's Pastor): 1851 "During the year, I acquired..an organ (the former {St. Louis} Cathedral organ). It cost $800. |
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Prior to the installation of the Wicks organ listed below, this church contained a Pilcher and Sons organ Opus 162, a two manual, 21 rank mechanical organ of three divisions. According to the notes of the pastor at the time, the organ was previously installed in St. Louis Cathedral in New Orlenas. We have also received subsequent information that the console of the Wicks instrument may have been replaced with a Johannus digital, and that the pipes of the original organ were incorporated into an expanded hybrid digital / pipe installation. The Wicks instrument was still in place and unmodified when this church was visited by NOC.com personnel just after to Hurricane Katrina. |
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SPECIFICATIONS FOR WICKS ORGAN OPUS 1777 2 manual, 3 division, 17 ranks, 21 stops |
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SWELL | PEDAL |
| Open Diapason 8 | Lieblich Bourdon 16 | Open Diapason 16 |
| Second Open Diapason 8 | Open Diapason 8 | Violone 16 |
| Violon Cello 8 | Violin Diapason 8 | Bourdon 16 |
| Melodia 8 | Stopped Flute 8 | Lieblich Gedeckt 16 |
| Gedackt 8 | Salicional 8 | Octave 8 |
| Dulciana 8 | Voix Celeste 8 | Bass Flute 8 |
| Octave 4 | Flauto Dolce 8 | Cello 8 |
| Flute 4 | Giegen Octave 4 | Gedeckt 8 |
| Super Octave 2 | Flute D'Amour 4 | Blank tablet |
| Mixture III | Nazard 2-2/3 | Swell to Pedal |
| Trumpet 8 | Piccolo 2 | Great to Pedal |
| Blank tablet | Mixture III | |
| Great to Great 16 | Cornopean 8 | |
| Great Unison Silent | Tremolo | |
| Great to Great 4 | Swell to Swell 16 | |
| Swell to Great 16 | Swell-Unison silent | |
| Swell to Great 8 | Swell to Swell 4 | |
| Swell to Great 4 | ||