Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2007-06-29 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Housed in case of former organ. Unknown if any existing chests and/or pipes were retained. Source: Casavant opus list. -Database Manager
2008-05-24 - Updated through on-line information from Lowell Ray Anderson. -- The console described above is in the organ loft, in the center of the picutre. There is an identical movable console on the main floor of the sanctuary. The organ has not been used for several years due to the cost of needed repairs. An electronic organ is being used in its place. -Database Manager
2009-06-16 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2010-12-02 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- The church now has an digital organ that was advertised as replacing the Casavant. -Database Manager
2019-10-24 - Updated by René Le Grand, naming this as the source of information: \"Tremont Temple Sketch Book\", St. Botolph Press, Boston, 1896: 53 /66 p. (no page numbers). <br> The former organ was \"the gift of M. Elisha Converse of Maiden, and was manufactured by Messrs. Jesse Woodbury & Company of Boston.\" (Op. cit., p. 53.) -Database Manager
2021-06-09 - Instrument removed and distroyed somewhere around Spring of 2017 based on information from Jamie Owens. -John Roper
2021-12-06 - According to Dr. William Worden, the two consoles could not be played at the same time. The room seats around 1,800. -Jeff Scofield
Stoplist from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Boston, Massachusetts
Tremont Temple Baptist
Casavant Op. 937 1922 4/82
Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
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GREAT SWELL (Expressive)
16' Open Diapason 61 16' Bourdon (wood) 73
8' 1st Open Diapason 61 16' Contra Gamba 73
8' 2nd Open Diapason 61 8' 1st Open Diapason 73
8' Hohl Flute (hardwood) 61 8' 2nd Open Diapason 73
8' Gemshorn 61 8' Clarabella (wood) 73
4' Octave 61 8' Gedeckt (wood) 73
4' Wald Flute (wood) 61 8' Quintadena 73
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
2' Fifteenth 61 8' Viole Celeste II 134
IV Mixture 244 8' Gamba 73
16' Tuba Profunda 61 * 8' Voix Celeste (tc) 61
8' Tuba 61 * 8' Aeoline 73
4' Tuba Clarion 61 * 4' Octave 73
Xylophone 32 4' Harmonic Flute 73
Chimes SW 2' Flautino 61
Harp CH IV Fourniture 292
III Cornet 219
* French style 16' Contra Posaune 73
8' Cornopean 73
CHOIR (Expressive) 8' Oboe 73
16' Contra Viola 73 8' Vox Humana 73
8' Diapason 73 4' Clarion 73
8' Melodia (wood) 73 Tremulant
8' Gemshorn 73 Chimes (25)
8' Dulciana 73 Sub
8' Unda Maris (tc) 61 Super
8 & 4' Biffara II (wood) 134
4' Flute d'Amour (wood) 73 PEDAL
2' Piccolo 61 32' Contra Bourdon (wood) 32
8' Clarinet 73 32' Resultant --
8' Orchestral Oboe 73 16' Diapason (wood) 32
Tremulant 16' 1st Bourdon (wood) 32
Harp (49) 16' 2nd Bourdon (wood) 32
Chimes (Sw) -- 16' Violone 32
Sub 16' Gamba (Sw) --
Super 10 2/3' Quint (wood) 32
8' Octave 12
SOLO (Expressive) 8' Gedeckt (1st Bourdon) 12
8' Stentorphone 73 8' Cello 12
8' Gross Flute (wood) 73 8' Still Gedeckt (2nd B) 12
8' Viole d'Orchestre 73 4' Gross Flute (16' Dia) 12
8' Viole Celeste 73 32' Bombarde (metal) 32
4' Gambette 73 16' Trombone 12
8' Tuba Mirabilis 73 8' Tromba 12
(heavy English style) 4' Clarion 12
8' French Horn 73
8' English Horn 73 ECHO (Expressive)
Tremulant 8' Open Diapason 65
Sub 8' Gedeckt 65
Super 8' Flute Céleste (tc) 53
8' Viole d'Orchestre 65
8' Viole Céleste (tc) 53
8' Vox Angelica (tc) 49
8' Dulciana 65
8' Unda Maris (tc) 53
4' Harmonic Flute 65
2' Harmonic Piccolo 61
8' Echo Trumpet 53
8' Vox Humana 61
Tremulant
1. All basses of the larger winded stops on separate chests.
2. Two identical [English style] consoles of oak to be furnished.
3. The tone near as possible to Holy Name of Jesus, Maisonneuve,
Montreal, and in any case acceptable to the committee on organ.
4. The builder...shall refrain from doing any labor or work that
would cause any annoyance or any noise to the distraction or
inconvenience of any of the audience in Converse Hall--this to
include three hours in the afternoon during exhibition of moving
pictures or other use of said hall, and outside of said three
hours, the occasions for such business are to be exceptional.
4. Casework for the organ not included in this contract.
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