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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2840 (1965)

University of Illinois: Smith Memorial Building, Recital Hall
805 S. Mathews
Urbana-Champaign, IL

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2008-03-23 - Building exterior (Photograph by Dori via Wikipedia/Jeff Scofield)

2022-02-06 - Stage and exposed pipes (Photograph by Fred Bahr, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

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Notes

2006-03-06 - Identified through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i> Replaced E. M. Skinner Opus 521 (1925).</i> -Database Manager

2009-06-16 - Updated through online information from Chris Holman. -Database Manager

2010-08-02 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Swell stops divided in A and B sections, with the two sections in separate enclosures. -Database Manager

2014-06-08 - Updated through online information from David Bohn. -- Swell Enclosure A stops and couplers are engraved in black, while Enclosure B stops and couplers are engraved in red. Swell Viole de Gambe and Celeste are in enclosure B. Great never had a Querflöte 8-- no knob present. Voix Humaine added to Swell enclosure B by John Paul Buzard Great Trompete 16 and Positiv Rankett Prepared. There is an extra tilting tab to the right of the intermanual couplers. Unless this tab is on, both Swell enclosures couple as a single division through the enclosure A couplers. -Database Manager


Stoplist

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

          Urbana, Illinois
          University of Illinois
          Smith Memorial Building, Recital Hall

          Casavant   Op. 2840   1965   3/76
 
          Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
          St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
          ________________________________________________

          GREAT                         POSITIV (unencl)
      16' Gedacktpommer    61        8' Gedackt         61
       8' Prinzipal        61        4' Prinzipal       61
       8' Querflöte        61        4' Koppelflöte     61   
       8' Rohrflöte        61        2' Oktav           61
       4' Oktav            61    1 1/3' Quintflöte      61
       4' Spitzflöte       61        1' Sifflöte        61
       2' Oktav            61       II  Sesquialtera tc 98
       2' Blockflöte       61       IV  Scharff        244
      IV  Mixtur          244      III  Zimbel         183
      IV  Scharff         244       16' Rankett         pf
      16' Trompete   L/2   pf        8' Krummhorn       61
       8' Trompete         61           Tremulant
          Unison Off                    Unison Off

          SWELL                         PEDAL
A      8' Principal étroit 61       32' Untersatz       12
B      8' Bourdon          61       16' Prinzipal       32
A      8' Viole de Gambe   61       16' Subbass         32
A      8' Voix céleste  tc 49       16' Quintaden       32
B      8' Flute douce      61        8' Oktav           32
B      8' Flûte céleste tc 49        8' Spitzflöte      32
A      4' Octave           61        8' Gedacktflöte    32
B      4' Flûte ouverte    61        4' Oktav           32
B  2 2/3' Nasard           61        4' Nachthorn       32
B      2' Quarte de nasard 61        2' Waldflöte       32
B  1 3/5' Tierce           61        V  Mixtur         160
A      V  Plein Jeu       305       32' Kontraposaune   32 L/2
A     IV  Cymbale         244       16' Posaune         32
A     16' Basson    L/2    61       16' Basson          SW
A      8' Trompette        61        8' Trompete        32
A      8' Hautbois         61        4' Schalmei        32
A      4' Clairon          61        2' Kornett         32
A         Tremulant
B         Tremulant
A         Unison Off
B         Unison Off
A         Super
B         Super

A  indicates stops located in expression enclosure A.
B  indicates stops located in expression enclosure B.
The drawknobs are engraved with an A or B to indicate
in which expression enclosure the stop is placed.

[Received online from Jeff Scofield  August 1, 2010]

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