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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1508 (1935)

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

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
• 3 manuals
• 44 stops
• 50 registers
• 4 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 coupler thumb pistons
• Has coupler toe pistons
• Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2019-12-30 - The organ was damaged when the cathedral-basilica was damaged in an $8 million fire caused by roofers on September 4, 2002. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Québec
    Cathédrale-Basilique Ste-Cécile

    Casavant   Op 1508   1935   3/50
    ___________________________________________________

    GRAND ORGUE                    POSITIF

16' Montre            68       16' Quintaton         68
 8' Montre            68        8' Diapason          68
 8' Flûte ouverte     68        8' Grosse Flûte      68
 8' Gemshorn          68        8' Viole d'Orchestre 68
 4' Prestant          68        8' Viole Céleste     68
 4' Flûte harmonique  68        8' Mélodie           68
 2' Doublette         61        8' Dulciane          68
IV  Mixture          272        4' Violina           68
16' Bombarde          68        4' Flûte d'Amour     68
 8' Trompette         68    2 2/3' Nazard            68
 4' Clairon           68        2' Flageolet         61
    Super                       8' Clarinette        68
                                   Trémolo
    RECIT                          Sub
                                   Super
16' Bourdon           68       16' Tuba Magna        68
 8' Principal étroit  68        8' Tuba Mirabilis    68
 8' Bourdon           68        4' Tuba Clairon      68
 8' Viole de gambe    68
 8' Voix céleste      68           PEDALE
 4' Violon            68
 4' Flûte traverse    68       32' Contre-basse      12 quints
 2' Piccolo           61       16' Flûte ouverte     32
IV  Cornet           272       16' Bourdon           32
16' Trombone          68       16' Violon            32
 8' Trompette         68       16' Bourdon doux      RE
 8' Hautbois          68        8' Octave            12
 8' Voix humaine      68        8' Bourdon           12
 4' Clairon           68        8' Violoncelle       12
    Trémolo                    32' Contre-bombarde   32
    Sub                        16' Bombarde          12
    Super

      [Received from Jeff Scofield December 30, 2019]

Websites

• Salem United Methodist Church - New York City [NYC AGO Organ Project] - Description, photographs, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)
• SalemMethMollerR442.pdf [NYC AGO web site] - Möller Factory Document: Specifications for Rebuild (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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