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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3537 (1981)

Holy Name Roman Catholic Cathedral: Right Transept
735 North State Street
Chicago, IL

Images

2015-06-28 - Transept organ and altar (Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-06-28 - Transept organ and cathedral interior (Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-06-28 - Transept organ (Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2016-04-01 - Organ Case in Right Transept (Photograph by Jake Cihla/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
19 stops
19 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: None

Notes

2005-12-15 - Manual natural keys made of ebony, manual sharps of rosewood capped with ivory; pedal naturals made of maple, pedal sharpes of rosewood; casework is solid oak with rosewood drawknobs. Facade pipes are 70% polished tin. Three reversible coupler pedals. Wind pressure = 80mm. -Database Manager

2005-12-15 - Revoiced 1987 by Martin Ott, St. Louis (source: cathedral website) -Database Manager

2010-08-09 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Revoiced by Martin Ott in 1987. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Chicago, Illinois
       Holy Name Cathedral

       Casavant   Op. 3537   1981   2/25

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

       CLAVIER I                     CLAVIER II
    8' Montre           56        8' Bourdon       56 *
    8' Flûte à cheminée 56        4' Flûte conique 56 *
    4' Prestant         56        2' Doublette     56 *
    4' Flûte à fuseau   56    1 1/3' Quinte        56
2 2/3' Nasard           56      III  Cymbale      168
    2' Quarte de nasard 56        8' Musette       56
1 3/5' Tierce           56           Tremblant
    V  Fourniture      280           Zimbelstern
    8' Trompette        56

       PEDALE
   16' Soubasse         30
    8' Octavebasse      18
      (1-12 GO Montre)
    4' Octave           30
   16' Basson           30

    *  Stops marked thus will be equipped with stop action
       solenoids, key action magnets and related hardware
       necessary to play these stops from the gallery organ.
       Cables and conduits as required by local electrical
       codes between this organ and the gallery organ are
       not included in this specification.

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield  August 8, 2010]

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