2005 - Nave and gallery with left and right organ cases (Photograph from an archival source: 2006 OHS Atlas, Victor Hoyt, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
OHS convention: 2006
2006-06-15 - OHS 2006. The sole alteration consists of the addition by Casavant representative Luc Santoire of a new five-rank Casavant mixture to the Great in 1983. -Database Manager
2010-08-16 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2011-10-20 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Renamed St. Francis of Assisi Parish c.2011. -Database Manager
2019-07-24 - A new 5-rank Mixture was provided by Casavant in 1983; the contract does not indicate the intended division. -Database Manager
2023-04-18 - The $36,950 contract for the four-manual Casavant Freres Limitee (Opus 1420) was signed by Father Riley on December 6, 1930. The organ was shipped to Albany by railroad in three freight cars. The installation was done by Arthur Plamondon, Paul-Emile Servais, Georges Girouard and Ernest Blanchard in March and April of 1931. Case ornaments were carved by Elzear Soucy, and the tonal finishing was done on site by Casavant's tonal director, the English-born Stephen Stoot (d. 1959). The organ was completed before Easter Day, 1931. A proposed twomanual chancel organ never went beyond the planning stages, although the rear-gallery console was prepared for the additions. The "opening" occurred May 31, 1931, when Pietro Yon (1886-1943), organist of Saint Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, played works of Bach, Bossi, Franck and Guilmant, along with a group of his own compositions. The *Times Union* of June 1, 1931 said that "last night demonstrated by recital, the power and beauty of the new memorial organ of Saint James' Church, Delaware Avenue, heard by the congregation the first time on Easter Sunday. It is a gift from a group of members of the church whose identity has not been revealed by the pastor. . .. " -- *2006 OHS Organ Atlas* -Paul R. Marchesano
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Albany, New York
St. James R. C. Church
Casavant Op. 1420 1931 4/51
Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
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GREAT CHOIR
16' Dbl Open Diapason 73 8' Open Diapason 73
8' 1st Open Diapason 73 8' Melodia 73
8' Violin Diapason 73 8' Dulciana 73
8' Doppel Flute 73 4' Flute d'Amour 73
8' Gemshorn 73 2 2/3' Nazard 73
4' Octave 73 2' Flageolet 61
4' Waldflöte 73 8' Clarinet 73
2' Super Octave 61 Tremulant
V Mixture 365 Sub
Sub Super
Super Chimes SO
Chimes SO Celesta 61
Celesta CH Harp (Celesta Sub)
SWELL SOLO
16' Bourdon 73 8' Stentorphone 73
8' Open Diapason 73 8' Grossflöte 73
8' Stopped Diapason 73 8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
8' Viola da Gamba 73 8' Violes Célestes II 146
8' Voix Céleste 73 4' Fugara 73
4' Principal 73 8' Tuba 73
4' Flauto Traverso 73 8' French Horn 73
2' Piccolo 61 Tremulant
V Cornet 365 Sub
16' Double Trumpet 73 Super
8' Cornopean 73 Chimes (A) 25
8' Oboe 73
8' Vox Humana 73 PEDAL
Tremulant 32' Dbl Open Diapason 12 (quints)
Sub 16' Open Diapason 32
Super 16' Bourdon 32
Chimes SO 16' Violone 32
Celesta CH 16' Gedeckt SW
8' Flute (Open Diap) 12
8' Bourdon 12
8' Gedeckt SW
16' Trombone 32
Chimes SO
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