Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3493 (1981)

St. Joseph's Convent: Chapel
1501 S. Layton Blvd.
Milwaukee, WI

Images

2010-11-28 - Convent exterior (Photograph by John J. Miller/Database Manager)

2010-11-28 - Twin organ cases in the rear gallery (Photograph by John J. Miller/Database Manager)

2010-11-28 - Console (Photograph by John J. Miller/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
25 stops
30 registers
4 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons

Notes

2009-10-01 - Identified by Riley Wes Mitchell from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-06-07 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Also known as the School Sisters of St. Francis; the chapel is 200 feet long with a 70 foot ceiling; the Casavant replaced a 1917 Schaefer and retained the case, designed by A. Hackner & Sons of La Crosse, Wisconsin. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

     Milwaukee, Wisconsin
     School Sisters of St. Francis
     St. Joseph's Convent, Chapel

     Casavant   Op. 3493   1981   3/35

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

     GREAT                         POSITIV
 16' Bordun          12         8' Gedackt        56
  8' Prinzipal       56         4' Koppelflöte    56
  8' Hohlflöte       56         2' Prinzipal      56
  4' Oktave          56     1 1/3' Quinte         56
  2' Oktave          56       III  Zimbel        168
 IV  Mixtur         224         8' Schalmei       56
  8' Trompete        56            Tremulant

     SWELL                         PEDAL
  8' Rohrgedackt     56        16' Holzprinzipal  12 *
  8' Salizional      56        16' Bordun         GT
  8' Schwebung    tc 44         8' Oktave         32
  4' Spitzprinzipal  56         8' Bordun         GT
  4' Nachthorn       56         4' Oktave         32
  2' Flöte           56       III  Mixtur         96
 II  Cornet       tc 88        16' Posaune        32
III  Scharf         168         8' Trompete       12
  8' Oboe            56
     Tremulant                  *  ext. of 8' Oktave
     Sub
     Super   

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield June 07, 2010.]