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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1230 (1927)

University of Redlands: Memorial Chapel
University St. & Sylvan Blvd.
Redlands, CA

Images

1927-09-14 - Auditorium Stage, Console, and Chamber Grillework (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
63 stops
51 registers
5 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 combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons

Notes

2009-06-18 - Identified through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- New console added by Casavant ca. 1958; new Reuter console in 1980s; completely rebuilt by Casavant in 2003, reworking the Reuter console. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Redlands, California
       University of Redlands, Memorial Chapel

       Casavant   Op. 1230   1927   4/58

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

       GREAT (encl with Pedal)          CHOIR
   16' Double Open Diapason 73      16' Double Dulciana      73
    8' Open Diapason No. 1  73       8' Open Diapason        73
    8' Open Diapason No. 2  73       8' Melodia              73
    8' Violin Diapason      73       8' Dulciana             73
    8' Hohlflöte            73       8' Unda Maris           73
    8' Gemshorn             73       4' Violina              73
    4' Octave               73       4' Lieblichflöte        73
    4' Harmonic Flute       73       2' Flageolet            61
2 2/3' Twelfth              73       8' Clarinet             73
    2' Fifteenth            61          Tremulant
    V  Mixture             365          Sub
   16' Contra Tromba        73          Super
    8' Tromba               73          Chimes
    4' Clarion              73          Blank (Harp)
       Super                            Blank (Harp Sub)
       Chimes
       Blank (Harp)                     SOLO
                                     8' Stentorphone         73
       SWELL                         8' Grossflöte           73
   16' Bourdon              73       8' Viole d'Orchestre    73
    8' Open Diapason        73       8' Viole Céleste        73
    8' Clarabella           73       4' Fugara               73
    8' Stopped Diapason     73       8' Orchestral Oboe      73
    8' Viola di Gamba       73          Blank (Cor Anglais)
    8' Voix Céleste         73          Tremulant
    8' Aeoline              73       8' Tuba Mirabilis       73
    4' Principal            73          Blank (French Horn)
    4' Flauto Traverso      73          Sub
    2' Piccolo              61          Super
    V  Cornet              365          Chimes               CH
   16' Double Trumpet       73          Blank (Harp)
    8' Cornopean            73
    8' Oboe                 73          PEDAL (encl with Great)
    8' Vox Humana           73      32' Double Open Diapason 12 (7 quints)
    4' Clarion              73      16' Open Diapason        32
       Tremulant                    16' Bourdon              32
       Sub                          16' Violone              32
       Super                        16' Gedeckt              SW
       Chimes               CH      16' Dulciana             CH
       Blank (Harp)                  8' Octave               12
                                     8' Stopped Flute        12
                                     8' Cello                12
                                     4' Flute                12 (Octave)
                                    32' Bombarde             32
                                    16' Trombone             12
                                     8' Trumpet              12
                                        Chimes               CH

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield April 09, 2010.]

Documents

(1937-07-30) Arthur Poister Organ Recital Memorial Hall University of Redlands 1937 San Bernardino Sun article announcing an Arthur Poister organ recital at Memorial Hall, University of Redlands on 8/4/1937 -Craig Otto
(1928-02-28) Inaugural Recital Program, via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

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