Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Opus 63 (1895)

Notre Dame Roman Catholic Church
Holyoke, MA

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

Images

1895-01-22 - Drawing of Organ Case (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
16 stops
16 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Combination action: None

Notes

2006-02-21 - Identified through information submitted to PIPORG-L by Cullie Mowers, February 11, 2006. -Database Manager

2009-06-16 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- This was the first Casavant in the United States; it was destroyed by fire on August 28, 1999 -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Holyoke, Massachusetts
    Notre Dame R. C. Church

    Casavant   Op. 63   1895   2/17

    This was the first Casavant installed in the United States.

    GRAND ORGUE        RÉCIT                     PÉDALE
16' Bourdon (pf)    8' Principal 46 *        16' Bourdon 30
 8' Montre 58       8' Bourdon 58             8' Flûte 30
 8' Mélodie 58      8' Salicional 51 *
 8' Dulciane 46 *   8' Gambe 58
 4' Prestant 58     8' Voix céleste 46 tc
 2' Doublette 58    4' Flûte harmonique 58
II  Mixture 116     8' Hautbois 46 **
 8' Trompette 58
                    ** Common base with 
 *  Common bass        the Gambe

Récit au Grand Orgue
Récit à la Pédale
Grand Orgue à la Pédale
Octave Grave Récit au Grand Orgue
Octave aigue Récit au Grand Orgue
Trémolo
Souffleur (hydraulique)
Trois Pédales de Combinaisons (double-acting) 
                 agissant sur le Grand Orgue
Une Pédale d'expression

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield June 16, 2009.]