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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1641 (1940)

Northwestern University: Scott Hall
Evanston, IL

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

1940-11-01 - Auditorium Interior and Console (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
4 manuals
60 stops
79 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2005-12-06 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2010-02-05 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Organ sold in 1978 to the Tyler St. United Methodist in Dallas and combined by Metroplex Organ Co., E. A. Kelley, consultant, with the church's Möller; many additional stops added and pipework replaced; now 132 ranks; the Casavant console was retained for the project. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Evanston, Illinois
       Northwestern University, Scott Hall

       Casavant   Op. 1641   1940   4/73

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

       GREAT                              SWELL
   16' Double Open Diapason 61        16' Contra Viola      73
    8' First Open Diapason  61         8' Geigen Principal  73
    8' Second Open Diapason 61         8' Stopped Diapason  73
    8' Hohlflöte            61         8' Viola da Gamba    73
    8' Gemshorn             61         8' Voix Celeste      73
    4' Octave               61         8' Aeoline           73
    4' Principal            61         4' Octave Geigen     73
    4' Triangular Flute     61         4' Flauto Traverso   73
2 2/3' Twelfth              61         2' Fifteenth         61
    2' Superoctave          61         V  Cornet           293
   IV  Mixture             244        16' Double Trumpet    73 *
    V  Fourniture          305         8' Trumpet           73 *
   16' Double Trumpet       61 *       8' Oboe              73
    8' Posaune              61 *       8' Vox Humana        73
    4' Clarion              61 *       4' Clarion           73 *
       Chimes               CH            Tremulant
       Harp                 CH            Sub
                                          Super
       SOLO                               Chimes            CH
    8' Principal            73 *          Harp              CH
    8' Grossflöte           73 *
    8' Viole d'Orchestre    73 *          CHOIR
    8' Viole Celeste        73 *      16' Lieblich Gedeckt  73
    4' Fugara               73 *       8' Diapason          73
    8' Cor Anglais          73 *       8' Concert Flute     73
       Tremulant                       8' Viola             73
       Sub                             8' Dulciana          73
       Super                           8' Unda Maris        73
    8' Tuba                 73 *       4' Principal         73
    8' French Horn          73 *       4' Flute d'Amour     73
       Chimes               SO     2 2/3' Nazard            61
       Harp                 SO         2' Flageolet         61
                                   1 3/5' Tierce            61
       PEDAL                           8' Trumpet           73
   32' Double Open Diapason 12         8' Clarinet          73
       (independent quints)               Tremulant
   16' Open Diapason I      32            Sub
   16' Open Diapason II     32            Super
   16' Bourdon              32            Chimes (Deagan A) 25
   16' Violone              32            Harp     (Deagan) 61
   16' Viola                SW            Harp Sub (Deagan)
   16' Gedeckt              CH
    8' Octave               32         *  on heavier wind
    8' Bourdon              32
    8' Violoncello          12
5 1/3' Quint                32
    4' Superoctave          32
  III  Mixture              96
   32' Contra Trombone F/L  32 *
   16' Trombone             12 *
   16' Trumpet              SW *
    8' Trumpet              12 *
    4' Clarion              12 *
       Chimes               CH

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield  July 28, 2010]

Documents

(1940-02-01) Write-up from THE DIAPASON February 1940 p.2 Stoplist continuation and write-up -Jeff Scofield
(1940-02-01) Write-up from THE DIAPASON February 1940 p.1 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield

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