Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2593 (1960)

St. Therese of Lisieux Roman Catholic Church
1 Saint Therese Court
Munhall, PA

OHS convention: 2010

Images

2010-07-26 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2010-07-26 - Chancel and chamber opening (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2010-07-26 - Sanctuary interior to rear and nave organ (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2010-07-26 - LeftNave Organ case (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2010-07-26 - Church exterior (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2009-10-27 - Left Stopjamb (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2009-10-27 - Right Stopjamb (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2009-10-27 - Console center (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2009-10-27 - Console toe studs and swell shoes (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2009-09-15 - Nave Organ (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
20 stops
21 registers
6 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons

Notes

2007-05-05 - Identified through online information from Stanley R. Scheer. -- This is an unusual installation due to the low roof of the long quasi-A-frame building and the low walls. The three-division sanctuary organ is located in an elevated chamber at the front of the nave on the right side. The four-stop twelve-rank Nave Great division is located (along with the Bombarde division made up of three independent solo reeds) in an elevated position at the back of the nave, and is divided on two sides of the building. The Nave and Sanctuary organs each have their own crescendo pedal, but there are no toe studs whatsoever. -Database Manager

2009-12-10 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Restored by Casavant in 1994. -Database Manager

2013-11-01 - Updated through online information from Scott Foppiano. -- The Antiphonal Organ also has its own pedal division which consists of the 8' Montre and the 4' Prestant with the addition of a 12-note 16' Contra Bass, extended down from the 8' and which is visible in the twin facades. I played there for one year and knew this organ well. -Database Manager

2015-02-09 - Updated through online information from Joseph Tuttle. -- The original contract spec was altered upon installation. The 8' Trompette in the Swell was replaced by a 8' Krummhorn, and an independent pedal division was installed in the Nave. -Database Manager

2015-07-25 - Updated through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. The tonal director was Lawrence Phelps. The cost was $34,300. -Database Manager

2025-04-15 - Organ is basically unplayable. The instrument was allowed to deteriorate. I was one of the organists there for 5 years. It is very sad. -Gregory Lesko

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console March 12, 2014 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Munhall, PA
St. Therese de Lesieux R.C. Church

Casavant Freres opus 2593, 1960

Sanctuary Great: 
8' Montre
8' Flûte à cheminée
4' Cor de Chamois
2' Flûte à bec 
IV Fourniture

Sanctuary Swell: 
8' Salicional
8' Voix Celeste
8' Bourdon
4' Flûte à fuseau
2' Doublette
II Sesquialtera
8' Krummhorn
Tremulant

Sanctuary Pedal:
16' Soubasse
8' Bourdon
4' Flute

Nave Great:
8' Montre
4' Prestant
VI Grande Fourniture
IV Cymbale

Bombarde (Nave, floating):
16' Bombarde
8' Trompette
4' Clairon

Nave Pedal:
16' Contrebasse
8' Violone
4' Gamba
16' Bombarde (Bom)
8' Trompette (Bom)
4' Clairon (Bom)

Capture Action Combinations
3 Sanctuary General Pistons
3 Nave General Pistons
3 Divisional Pistons per division
General Cancel
Set Piston
Sforzando

 [Received from Joseph Tuttle 2015-02-26.]

Stoplist and notes from Stanley R. Scheer Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

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