Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 796 (1919)

Church of Our Lady Immaculate / Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate [1888]
28 Norfolk Street
Guelph, ON, CA

Images

2023-10-30 - Facade (Photograph by Colin Cousins/Colin Cousins)

2023-10-30 - Swell and Choir drawknobs (Photograph by Colin Cousins/Colin Cousins)

2023-10-30 - Great and Pedal drawknobs (Photograph by Colin Cousins/Colin Cousins)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
41 stops
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-03-15 - Identified through online information from Bruce Cross. -- According to the church web site, the organ has been designated a Heritage Instrument by the Royal Canadian College of Organists. -Database Manager

2010-01-19 - Updated through online information from Joe Carere. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console, 2015 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate, Roman Catholic

Casavant Frères Ltée.   Opus 796   1919
Restored in 2014 by VanderZee Organs of Kitchener, Ont

Great

16’	Open Diapason (TC)                     56 pipes
8’	Open Diapason I	                       68 pipes
8’	Open Diapason II	               68 pipes
8’	Gemshorn		               68 pipes
8’	Hohl Flute                             68 pipes
4’	Octave                                 68 pipes
4’	Harmonic Flute                         68 pipes
2’	Fifteenth                              61 pipes
III	Mixture                               183 pipes 
IV	Plein Jeu                               Digital
8’	Tromba                                 68 pipes
        Chimes

Choir (Expressive)

8’	Violin Diapason                        68 pipes
8’	Melodia                                68 pipes
8’	Dulciana                               68 pipes 
8’	Viole d’orchestre                      68 pipes
8’	Viole Céleste (TC)                     56 pipes
4’	Flauto Dolce                           68 pipes
2’	Piccolo                                61 pipes
8’	Clarinet                               68 pipes 
8’	Orchestral Oboe                        68 pipes
8’	Tromba                                       GT
        Chimes                                       GT


Swell (Expressive)

16’	Bourdon                                68 pipes
8’	Open Diapason                          68 pipes 
8’	Stopped Diapason                       68 pipes
8’	Viola da Gamba                         68 pipes
8’ 	Voix Céleste (TC)                      56 pipes 
8’	Aeoline                                68 pipes
4’	Flauto Traverso                        68 pipes 
4’	Gemshorn                               68 pipes 
2’	Flautino                               61 pipes
III	Dolce Cornet                          183 pipes
16’	Bombarde (unenclosed)                   Digital
8’	Vox Humana                             68 pipes
8’	Oboe                                   68 pipes
8’	Cornopean                              68 pipes
        Tremolo

Pedal

32’	Double Open Diapason                  Resultant
16’	Open Diapason                          30 pipes
16’	Bourdon                                30 pipes
16’	Gedeckt                                      SW
8’	Bass Flute                             30 pipes
8’	Stopped Diapason                       30 pipes
8’ 	Cello                                  30 pipes
32’	Contra Trombone                         Digital
16’	Trombone                               30 pipes
8’	Tromba                                       GT


[Received from Andrew Beaton  2015-11-15]

Websites

Music [Church web site] - Link to organ description (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)