Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1436 (1931)

St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church: Church
501 Cherry Street
Toledo, OH

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

Images

2012-06-08 - Facade in Rear Gallery (Photograph by Allan Dieball/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
32 stops
36 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-10-20 - Identified by Jim Stark. Replaced existing Wirsching organ. -Database Manager

2011-01-14 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Parish closed in 2009 and organ dismantled. -Database Manager

2011-01-17 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Toledo, Ohio
    St. Francis de Sales Cathedral, R.C.

    Casavant   Op. 1436    1931   3/35

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

    GREAT                       CHOIR
 8' Open Diapason 1  68      8' Geigen Principal   68
 8' Open Diapason 2  68      8' Melodia            68
 8' Doppelflöte      68      8' Quintadena         68
 8' Gemshorn         68      8' Dulciana           68
 4' Octave           68      4' Rohr Flute         68
 4' Dolce Flute      68      8' Clarinet           68
 8' Tuba             SO         Tremulant
    Sub                         Sub
    Super                       Super

    SWELL                       SOLO (floating)
16' Bourdon          68      8' Grosse Flute       68
 8' Open Diapason    68      8' Viole d'Orchestre  68
 8' Stopped Diapason 68      8' Viole Céleste      68
 8' Viola da Gamba   68      4' Fugara             68
 8' Voix Céleste     68      8' Tuba               68
 4' Flauto Traverso  68
 2' Flautino         61         PEDAL
IV  Dolce Cornet    272     16' Open Diapason      32
 8' Trumpet          68     16' Bourdon            32
 8' Oboe             68     16' Gedeckt            SW
 8' Vox Humana       68      8' Octave             12
 4' Clarion          68      8' Stopped Flute      12
    Tremulant               16' Trombone           32
    Sub
    Super

[Received online from Jeff Scofield January 16, 2011]