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Casavant Opus 800 (1919)

St. Basil's Roman Catholic Church
81 Saint Mary Street
Toronto, ON, CA

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
43 stops
43 registers
4 divisions
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 combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-06-08 - Identified through online information from Stanley R. Scheer. -- A new console was provided by Casavant as Op. 2578 (1960); in 1962, Gabriel Kney installed new Swell Mixtures and a Chalumeau 4' on the Choir; in 1981, the organ was cleaned, releathered and tonally revised by Alan T. Jackson of Toronto in collaboration with Casavant Frères. -Database Manager

2015-07-16 - Updated through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. The cost was $ 12, 450.00. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist courtesy of the Casavant Freres Archives Date not recorded

     Toronto, Ontario
     St. Basil's R. C. Church

     Casavant   Op. 800   1919   3/48
     ___________________________________________________

     GREAT                          SWELL

 16' Dbl Open Diapason  68      16' Bourdon           68 g
  8' Open Diapason I    68       8' Open Diapason     68 g
  8' Open Diapason II   68       8' Stopped Diapason  68 *
  8' Violin Diapason    68       8' Viola di Gamba    68
  8' Harmonic Flute     68       8' Voix Céleste      68 
  8' Doppelflöte        68       8' Aeoline           68 *
  8' Gemshorn           68       4' Octave            68 *
  8' Dolce              68       4' Traverse Flute    68 *
  4' Principal          68 *     2' Piccolo           61 *
  4' Harmonic Flute     68 *   III  Dolce Cornet     204
  2' Fifteenth          61 *    16' Contra Fagotto    68
III  Mixture           204 *     8' Trumpet           68
  8' Tromba             68       8' Oboe & Bassoon    68
  4' Clarion            68       8' Vox Humana        68
     Sub                         4' Clarion           68
     Super                          Tremulant
                                    Sub
     CHOIR                          Super

 16' Contra Gamba       68          PEDAL
  8' Open Diapason      68 s
  8' Melodia            68 g    32' Double Open       12 q
  8' Dulciana           68 g    16' Open Diapason     32
  8' Viole d'Orchestre  68      16' Bourdon           32 *
  8' Viole Celeste II  109      16' Open  (metal)     GT
  8' Gedeckt            68      16' Gedeckt           SW
  4' Wald Flute         68      16' Gamba             CH
  2' Flageolet          61       8' Octave            12
  8' Clarinet           68       8' Bourdon           12
  8' Cor Anglais        68       8' Gedeckt           SW
     Tremulant                  16' Trombone          32
     Sub                        16' Contra Fagotto    SW
     Unison Off                  8' Trumpet           12
     Super

  *  old                         q  independent quints
  g  from old Great              s  from old Swell

       [Received from Jeff Scofield November 20, 2018]

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

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