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St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Shrine
701 Fort Washington Avenue at 190th Street
New York, N.Y. 10040
Located in northern Manhattan just ten blocks from the George Washington Bridge, St. Frances Cabrini Shrine overlooks the tranquil banks of the Hudson River and the neighboring state of New Jersey.
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Maria Francesca Cabrini was born July 15, 1850, in the town of San Angelo, south of Milan in Italy. She was the youngest of thirteen children. She helped her parents work the family farm, but from an early age she was drawn to a missionary life and service to God. In 1880, with seven other young women, she founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Shortly thereafter, Pope Leo XIII asked her to go to America to help with the care of the many new immigrants to New York. Although Mother Cabrini had always hoped to go to China as a missionary, she did as the Pope asked her.
Mother Cabrini arrived in New York in March, 1889. Immediately on her arrival she visited Archbishop Corrigan and told him of her plans to start an orphanage. The Archbishop was doubtful that this newly arrived woman could overcome all the problems involved in starting such an institution and tried to dissuade her. With her unshakeable faith in God, Mother Cabrini started her orphanage anyway. She won over the Archbishop and together they began raising money. By July, 1889, Mother Cabrini had managed to buy 450 acres along the Hudson river. For weeks the Sisters had to haul water from the river, but after praying to Our Lady, a natural spring was discovered on the property.
In 1899, Mother Cabrini discovered this property as she drove her horse and buggy to what was then a remote northwest edge of New York City. The only buildings in this very rural area of Manhattan were the villas of the wealthy. She purchased the present property at 190th Street and Fort Washington Avenue, and opened Sacred Heart Villa, a “residential school for young ladies.”
Mother Cabrini always found great peace of mind and personal tranquility whenever she visited this site. She often stopped and rested at the villa during her worldwide travels spent in the task of establishing sixty-seven schools, hospitals, and other institutions of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She became a naturalized citizen in 1909. At the age of 67 she died in Chicago’s Columbus Hospital on December 22, 1917.
The original buildings were demolished in 1928 to allow for the construction of the present main school building that was opened in 1930 as Mother Cabrini High School. The school became a center of national attention in 1933 when the Sisters brought the body of Mother Cabrini from West Park, New York, to the school chapel.
In 1938, at the time of Mother Cabrini's beatification, her remains were placed in a glass-enclosed coffin to rest beneath the altar. On January 11, 1944, His Holiness Pope Pius XII signed the Decree of Canonization of Blessed Frances Xavier Cabrini. Pope Pius XII conducted the solemn ceremony of canonization in the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome on July 7, 1946,
In 1957, ground was broken for the new Shrine of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, designed as a parabolic arch by De Sina & Pellegrino and completed in 1960. Mother Cabrini's remains, which are now kept in an urn, were transferred to the new Shrine, and a wax effigy is displayed in the altar for veneration. Surrounding the altar are mosaics depicting her life, and a two-story stained glass window of Mother Cabrini is at the West End entrance.
The Shrine/Chapel is now part of the parish of nearby St. Elizabeth Church, located at 187th Street and Wadsworth Avenue. |
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Giovanni Tamburini
Crema (Cremona), Italy (1960)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 27 registers, 23 stops, 29 ranks
The organ in St. Frances Cabrini Shrine, was built in 1960 by Giovanni Tamburini of Crema, Italy. It is installed in two chambers on opposite sides of the open gallery. The two-manual console is on a movable platform. |
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Grand'Organo (Primo Tastiera) – 61 notes
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16 |
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Principale |
61 |
2 |
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XV |
61 |
8 |
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Diapason |
61 |
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Ripieno grave II file |
122 |
8 |
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Flauto |
61 |
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Mixtura IV file |
244 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
61 |
8 |
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Unda Maris |
61 |
4 |
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Ottava |
61 |
8 |
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Tromba |
61 |
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Recitativo Espressivo (Seconda Tastiera) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bordone |
61 |
1 |
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Piccolo |
61 |
8 |
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Viola di gamba |
61 |
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Cornetto combinato [draws * stops] |
8 |
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Salicionale |
61 |
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Ripieno III file |
183 |
4 |
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Flauto |
61 |
8 |
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Voce celeste |
61 |
2 2/3 |
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Nazardo * |
61 |
8 |
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Oboe |
61 |
2 |
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Ottavino * |
61 |
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Tremolo |
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1 3/5 |
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Terza * |
61 |
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| Campane [A46-F54] |
20 tubes |
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Pedale – 32 notes
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16 |
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Bordone |
44 |
8 |
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Bordone (fr. 16') |
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16 |
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Subbasso |
56 |
4 |
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Flauto (fr. Subbasso) |
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8 |
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Basso (fr. Subbasso) |
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Campane |
RE |
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Forte Campane |
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Sordina Campane [mute] |
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| Accessori (translated and explained by Piero Ruffatti of Fratelli Ruffatti, Padua, Italy) |
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Pistoncini sopra la IIa tastiera
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Pistons above the [top] keyboard |
A |
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Annullatore |
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General Cancel |
1–5 |
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5 combinazioni generali preparabili collettive con pedale proprio e con
segnalazioni luminose |
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5 adjustable general pistons with indicator lights |
| Pistoncini sotto la tastieri |
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Pistons under the keyboards |
Man. I |
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A-1-2-3-4-5 (fixed and blind) |
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A = Annullatore (cancel) |
Man. II |
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A-1-2-3-4-5 (fixed and blind) |
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T/P. |
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Unioni Tastiera/Pedale (under Man. I) |
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Man. I/Ped. coupler reversible |
T/P. |
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Unioni Tastiera/Pedale (under Man. II) |
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Man. II/Ped. coupler reversible |
UT |
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Unioni Tastiera (under Man. I) |
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Man. II/Man. I coupler reversible |
P.P. |
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Piano Pedale (under Man. II)
[aka "Piano Automatico Pedale"]
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It normally works when Crescendo and Tutti are on, and it adjusts the volume of the pedal depending on which manual is played. On a two-manual organ, the moment manual two is touched some of the pedal stops are cut off. As the first manual is touched, they immediately go back on. |
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Fissatore (setter) |
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White piston in left block of Man. I |
S |
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Sforzando? |
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Red piston in right block of Man. I |
| Annullatori per staffa del crescendo generale con graduatore: (cutouts for Crescendo Pedal) |
T |
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Tromba |
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Cancel Tromba |
O |
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Oboe |
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Cancel Oboe |
R |
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Ripieni |
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Cancel Mixtures |
OS |
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Ottava Supra |
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Cancel Superoctave Couplers |
OG |
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Ottava Grave |
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Cancel Suboctave Couplers |
| Pedaletti (sinistra) |
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toe studs on left side |
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Man. I / Ped. |
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coupler reversible |
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Man. II / Ped. |
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coupler reversible |
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Man. I / Man. II. |
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coupler reversible |
1–5 |
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5 combinazioni generali |
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adjustable and visibly moving stops |
| Pedaletti (destra) |
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toe studs on right side |
R |
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Ripieno or Ripieni |
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mixture(s) with chorus (8', 4', 2') |
A |
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Ance |
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reeds |
F |
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Fondi |
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foundations (8' and maybe 16') |
T |
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Tutti |
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full organ |
| Traspositore (-2/+2 semitoni) |
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transposer up/down 2 semitones |
| Staffe di Espressione |
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literally "stirrups" of expression |
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Staffa del crescendo generale con graduatore |
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on left |
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Staffa dell'espressione Man. II |
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on right |
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Sources:
Dunlap, David W. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
Mother Cabrini High School website: http://www.cabrinihs.com/
Ruffatti, Piero (Fratelli Ruffatti, Padua, Italy). Electronic correspondence with translations and explanations of Italian console controls.
St. Frances Cabrini Shrine administration. Courtesy Jenny Espinoza.
Illustrations:
Lawson, Steven E. Exterior; Interior; Tamburini organ. |
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