Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3543 (1982)

Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church
4540 El Cerrito Drive
San Diego, CA

Images

2022 - Church exterior (Photograph by Ed Cadena, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020 - Church interior to front and organ (Photograph by Kori Truesdale, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-07-18 - Great Pipework (Photograph by Joseph Monzo/Database Manager)

2019-07-18 - Manuals and Stoptabs (Photograph by Joseph Monzo/Database Manager)

2019-07-18 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Joseph Monzo/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
27 stops
18 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 56 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-09-30 - Identified by Trailon Johnson from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-04-18 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- 2 ranks (4 stops), which had been prepared-for, were added by Casavant in 1990. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

     San Diego, California
     Blessed Sacrament R. C. Church

     Casavant   Op. 3543   1982   2/25

     Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
     St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
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     GRAND ORGUE                RÉCIT
 16' Bourdon      12         8' Flûte à cheminée  56
  8' Montre       56         8' Viole de gambe    56
  8' Bourdon      56         8' Voix céleste   tc 44
  4' Prestant     56         4' Principal         56
  4' Flûte        56 *       4' Flûte à fuseau    56
  2' Doublette    56     2 2/3' Nazard            56
  V  Fourniture  280         2' Flûte             56
  8' Trompette    56     1 3/5' Tierce            56
                            IV  Cymbale          224
     PÉDALE                 16' Basson    L/2     12 *
 16' Contrebasse  32         8' Hautbois          56 *
 16' Soubasse     GO            Tremblant
  8' Principal    12
  8' Bourdon      GO         *  added in 1990
  4' Octave       12
 16' Bombarde     12 *
  8' Trompette    GO
  4' Clairon      GO

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