1896-01-31 - Organ Case and Keydesk (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)
2004-10-30 - Relocated to Our Lady of Victory, R. C., Woonsocket, RI. Replaced by Möller. -Database Manager
2010-03-29 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2012-01-04 - Updated through online information from Bill Czelusniak. -- This instrument is now certified (by research) to be the oldest surviving Casavant pipe organ in the United States. Contrary to earlier reports, this organ was not lost nor destroyed; it was in the possession of Catholic churches in Woonsocket RI, eventually ending up in, and for sale by, the St. Anne's Arts and Cultural Center in Woonsocket, occupying that closed church. Lacking an immediate home for relocation, the organ was purchased and protected by Mr. S. Parkman Shaw, Jr., of Brookline, Mass., using the advice and services of Messrs. Czelusniak et Dugal, Inc., Northampton, Mass. The instrument was removed from Woonsocket into storage in March 2011. In November 2011, the South Congregational Church in Amherst, Massachusetts voted to purchase, restore, and install this historic tracker in their sanctuary (displacing a 1969, 2m, 15r, Berkshire Organ Co., Inc., West Springfield, Mass., E-P opus). -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church
Casavant Op. 74 1896 2/15
Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
GRAND ORGUE RÉCIT
8' Montre 58 8' Principal 58
8' Mélodie 58 8' Bourdon 58
8' Dulciane 46 a 8' Gambe 58
4' Prestant 58 8' Voix céleste 46 tc
4' Flûte harmonique 58
PÉDALE 2' Flautino 58
16' Bourdon 27 II Mixture 116 c
8' Trompette 58
8' Hautbois 46 b
a Basse transmisé from Mélodie
b Basse transmisé from Gambe
c later increased to III, per Julius Coyle
ACCOUPLEMENTS & ACCESSOIRES
Récit au Gr. Orgue
Récit à la Pédale
Gr. Orgue à la Pédale
Octave Grave
Trémolo
Souffleur
Trois Pédales de combinaisons
Une Pédale d'expression
Buffet en imitation de chene avec tuyaux décorés
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