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Casavant Brothers Opus 24SH (1915)

St. James Methodist Church: Sanctuary
416 East 43rd Street
Chicago, IL

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
74 stops
70 registers
6 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2007-03-07 - Identified through information received from Stan Scheer, Casavant Frères. The figure recorded under "Registers" in the list above refers to the total number of speaking stops, including including duplexed and extended stops but excluding couplers, tremulants and controls. "Stops" refers to the number of independent or straight stops excluding duplexed and extended stops as well as couplers and controls. There are 26 couplers on this organ. -Database Manager

2007-03-07 - Note from Stan Scheer: Destroyed by fire in April of 1924. Replaced by Opus 1130. -Database Manager

2010-07-25 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i> December 1914 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Chicago, Illinois
       St. James Methodist Church

       Casavant   Op. 24-SH   1915   4/65

       Built in South Haven, Michigan
       _______________________________________________

       GREAT                          SWELL
   16' Double Open Diapason       16' Bourdon
    8' First Open Diapason         8' Open Diapason
    8' Second open Diapason        8' Violin Diapason
    8' Third Open Diapason         8' Stopped Diapason
    8' Doppelflöte                 8' Viola di Gamba
    8' Gamba                       8' Voix Celeste
    8' Gemshorn                    8' Clarabella
    8' Cor de Nuit                 8' Salicional
    4' Octave                      8' Aeoline
    4' Harmonic Flute              4' Octave
2 2/3' Twelfth                     4' Flute
    2' Fifteenth                   2' Flautina
   IV  Mixture                   III  Dolce Cornet
   16' Double Trumpet             16' Contra Fagotto
    8' Trumpet                     8' Cornopean
    4' Clarion                     8' Oboe
       Sub                         8' Vox Humana
       Super                       4' Clarion
                                      Tremulant
       SOLO                           Sub
    8' Stentorphone                   Super
    8' Grosse Flute
    8' Viole d'Orchestre              CHOIR
    4' Concert Flute              16' Contra Salicional
    8' Tuba Mirabilis              8' Open Diapason
    8' French Horn                 8' Melodia
    8' Saxophone                   8' Dulciana
       Tremulant                   8' Unda Maris
       Sub                         8' Quintadena
       Super                       4' Flute d'Amour
                                   2' Piccolo
       PEDAL                       8' Clarinet
   32' Open Diapason               8' Cor Anglais
      (polyphonic)                    Tremulant
   16' Open Diapason                  Sub
   16' Open Diapason GT               Super
   16' Bourdon                        Harp
   16' Violone
   16' Contra Salicional CH           ECHO
   16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW         8' Stopped Diapason
    8' Cello                       8' Echo Dulciana
    8' Flute                       8' Unda Maris
    8' Stopped Diapason SW         4' Fern Flute
   16' Trombone                    8' Vox Humana
    8' Tromba 12                      Tremulant
    4' Clarion 12                     Chimes 25
       Chimes EC

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