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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 934 (1922)

First Unitarian Church
90 Main Street
Worcester, MA

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


Consoles

Main


Notes

2008-07-03 - Identified through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i> Replaced by Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1433 (1960s).</i> -Database Manager

2010-12-02 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Replaced in 1964 by Aeolian-Skinner Op. 1433 and given to Assumption College, Worcester, MA. -Database Manager

2012-11-19 - Updated through online information from William Dunklin. -- This building was seriously damaged by the Great New England Hurricane of 1938 when the huge steeple was blown over on top of the sanctuary roof. The Casavant console was destroyed, but the pipes and chests were salvaged and reused in the fourth building, constructed on the same site. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Worcester, Massachusetts
    First Unitarian Church

    Casavant   Op. 934   1922   4/50

    Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
    St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
    __________________________________________________

    GREAT                         CHOIR
16' Dbl Open Diapason  56      8' Open Diapason     68
   (1-12 from PD Open)         8' Melodia           68
 8' 1st Open Diapason  68      8' Dulciana          68
 8' 2nd Open Diapason  68      8' Unda Maris        68
 8' Violin Diapason    68      4' Waldflöte         68
 8' Hohlflöte          68      2' Harmonic Piccolo  61
 8' Gemshorn           68      8' Clarinet          68
 4' Octave             68      8' English Horn      68
 4' Harmonic Flute     68         Tremulant
 2' Super Octave       61         Sub
IV  Mixture           272         Super
 8' Trumpet            68         Celesta           61
    Super                         Celesta Sub 
    Chimes             pf
                                  SOLO
    SWELL                      8' Grosse Flute      68
16' Gedeckt            68      8' Viole d'Orchestre 68
 8' Open Diapason      68      8' Viole Celeste     68
 8' Stopped Diapason   68      4' Viola             68
 8' Viola da Gamba     68      2' Piccolo           61
 8' Voix Celeste       56      8' Tuba              68
 8' Soft Flute         68      8' Orchestral Oboe   68
 4' Principal          68      8' Musette           68
 4' Flauto Traverso    68         Tremulant
 2' Flautino           61         Sub
IV  Mixture           272         Super
 8' Cornopean          68         Chimes            pf
 8' Oboe               68
 8' Vox Humana         68         PEDAL
    Tremulant                 32' Dbl Open Diapason -- resultant
    Sub                       16' Open Diapason     30
    Super                     16' Bourdon           30
                              16' Violone           30
                              16' Gedeckt           SW
                               8' Flute             12
                               8' Stopped Diapason  12
                               8' Violoncello       12
                              16' Trombone          30

[Received online from Jeff Scofield  December 4, 2010]

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