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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1681 (1941)

Northwestern University: Lutkin Hall
700 University Place
Evanston, IL

Consoles

Main


Notes

2005-12-06 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This was a moving, electrification, and slight enlargement of the Casavant organ originally built in 1909 as opus 354 for Fisk Hall. The organ had a new console, a new façade, and two new stops added to the pedal. -Database Manager

2008-01-02 - Updated through online information from Martin Hill. -- Has not played for at least 10 years, but still intact last I knew. -Database Manager

2010-07-24 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Originally installed in Fisk Hall in 1909 as Casavant Op. 354; renovated and equipped with electro-pneumatic action and a new console and installed in Lutkin Hall as Op. 1681. -Database Manager

2010-07-24 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Rebuilt in 1941 as Casavant Op. 1681 with electro-pneumatic action, a new console and installed in Lutkin Hall. -Database Manager

2011-02-10 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Evanston, Illinois
    Northwestern University
    Lutkin Memorial Hall

    Casavant   Op. 1681   1941   3/31

    Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
    St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
    __________________________________________________

    New console for the renovated organ now in Fisk 
    Hall which will be dismantled, renovated, equipped 
    with electro-pneumatic action and re-erected in 
    Lutkin Hall.
   
    GREAT                      SWELL
 8' Diapason         68    16' Bourdon          68
 8' Violin Diapason  68     8' Diapason         68
 8' Doppelflöte      68     8' Stopped Diapason 68
 8' Dolce            68     8' Viola da Gamba   68
 4' Octave           68     8' Voix Celeste     68
 4' Flute Harmonique 68     8' Aeoline          68
 2' Superoctave      61     4' Principal        68
 8' Trumpet          68     2' Fifteenth        61
    Super                 III  Mixture         183
                            8' Cornopean        68
    CHOIR                   8' Oboe             68
 8' Melodia          68     8' Vox Humana       68
 8' Dulciana         68        Tremulant
 4' Waldflöte        68        Sub
 2' Piccolo          61        Super
 8' Clarinet         68
    Tremulant                  PEDAL
    Sub                    16' Open Diapason    32
    Super                  16' Bourdon          32
                           16' Violone          32
                           16' Gedeckt          SW
                            8' Octave           12
                            8' Bourdon          12
                            8' Cello            12
                           16' Trombone         32

[Received online from Jeff Scofield February 12, 2011]

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