Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3591 (1985)

St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Cathedral
914 St. John Street
Lafayette, LA

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
37 stops
47 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)
Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-07-24 - Identified through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Organ is in regular use for services and concerts (July 2008, information from church web site, and article in "The Daily Advertiser" (Lafayette, LA) dated July 22, 2008) -Database Manager

2009-10-05 - Updated by Riley Wes Mitchell from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-03-18 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

        Lafayette, Louisiana
        Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, R.C.

        Casavant   Op. 3591   1985   3/54

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

        GRAND ORGUE                     POSITIF (unenclosed)
    16' Bourdon 12                   8' Salicional 61
     8' Montre 61                    8' Bourdon 61
     8' Flûte à cheminée 61          4' Prestant 61
     4' Prestant 61                  4' Flûte à fuseau 61
     4' Flûte octaviante 61          2' Principal italien 61
     2' Doublette 61             1 1/3' Quinte 61
II-III  Grande fourniture 159       II  Sesquialtera 122
    IV  Fourniture 244             III  Cymbale 183
   III  Cymable 183                  8' Cromorne 61
     8' Trompette 61                    Tremblant
        Unison Off                      Unison Off
     8' Trompette de fête 61        16' Trompette de fête tc GO
                                     8' Trompette de fête GO
        RÉCIT
     8' Flûte majeure 61                PÉDALE
     8' Viole de gambe 61           32' Basse acoustique --
     8' Voix céleste 54 GG          16' Montre 32
     4' Principal 61                16' Soubasse 32
     4' Flûte ouverte 61            16' Bourdon GO
 2 2/3' Nazard 61                    8' Octavebasse 32
     2' Quarte de nazard 61          8' Flûte a cheminée GO
 1 3/5' Tierce 61                    4' Octave 32
     V  Plein jeu 305               IV  Mixture 128
    16' Basson-Hautbois 12 L/2      32' Contre bombarde (pf)
     8' Trompette harmonique 61     16' Bombarde 32
     8' Hautbois 61                 16' Basson-hautbois RE
     8' Voix humaine 61              8' Trompette 12
        Tremblant                    4' Basson-hautbois RE
        Super                        8' Trompette de fête GO

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 18, 2010.]

Websites

[No Title - Church web site] - Stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)