OHS convention: 2012
2009-10-06 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager
2010-08-14 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Chicago, Illinois Orchestral Hall Casavant Op. 3765 1998 3/60 Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada ________________________________________________________________ The previous organ was 1981 3/74 Möller Op. 11427 GREAT (4"-6" wind) 1. 16' Diapason 61 1-7 existing pipes and offset chest, languids reinforced; 8 up new, 8-32 in façade 2. 16' Bourdon -- 1-32 from No. 49, 33 up from No. 4 3. 8' Open Diapason 61 new, 1-26 in façade 4. 8' Chimney Flute 41 1-20 from No. 49, 21 up new metal pipes 5. 8' Harmonic Flute 61 relocated from Bombarde, 1-12 languids reinforced, new tuning sleeves, new from No. 32 6. 8' Spitz Flute 61 relocated from Bombarde, 1-12 languids reinforced, new tuning sleeves, 1-6 on existing offset chest 7. 4' Octave 61 new; 1-14 existing pipes, while new 1-14 are dummy in façade 8. 4' Open Flute 61 existing pipework 9. 2' Fifteenth 61 existing pipework 10. IV-VI Fourniture 337 new 11. 16' Double Trumpet 61 existing Great Kontratrompete, revoiced with new tongues, 1-12 with new bells and on existing offset chest, regulation slots soldered, shallots opened 12. 8' Trumpet 61 new Sub Unison Off Super 13. * 16' Major Tuba 12 new, full-length ext. of No. 44, not hooded, with regulation slots, enclosed in Choir 14. * 8' Tuba Mirabilis CH 15. * 4' Tuba Clarion 12 CH, ext. of No. 44 * not affected by couplers SWELL (6", 10½" for 28, 29 and 31) 16. 16' Bourdon 12 existing wooden pipes and chest 17. 8' Diapason 61 relocated GT Principal, 1-12 languids reinforced, new tuning sleeves 18. 8' Major Flute 61 1-12 existing wooden pipes, 1-5 on existing offset chest with No. 16, 13 up new metal pipes 19. 8' Salicional 61 existing, 1-6 mitering redone, 1-12 languids reinforced, new sleeves 20. 8' Voix celeste 61 existing, 1-5 mitering redone, 1-12 languids reinforced, new sleeves 21. II 8' Flute Celeste 110 relocated from Bombarde, 1-3 mitering repaired, 1-12 languids reinforced, new sleeves 22. 4' Octave 61 relocated from Great, treble rescaled with existing pipes, new sleeves 23. 4' Spindle Flute 61 new or existing pipes, à fuseau 24. 2 2/3' Nazard 61 existing, rescaled 25. 2' Piccolo 61 existing, rescaled 26. 1 3/5' Tierce 61 existing, rescaled 27. III-V Plein jeu 256 existing pipes with new tuning sleeves 28. 16' Posaune 61 relocated from Bombarde, revoiced with new tongues, 1-12 with new bells on existing offset chest, regulation slots soldered, shallots opened 29. 8' Trumpet 61 new, harmonic 30. 8' Oboe 61 new 31. 4' Clarion 61 relocated from Bombarde, revoiced with new tongues, regulation slots soldered, shallots opened Tremulant Sub Unison Off Super CHOIR (6", 25" for No. 44) 32. 16' Gemshorn 12 relocated from Great, on existing offset chest, languids reinforced, with new tuning sleeves 33. 8' Viola Pomposa 61 relocated from Bombarde, cut-ups lowered, 1-10 on existing offset chest, 1-12 languids reinforced, new sleeves; 13 up new pipes 34. 8' Viole celeste 61 relocated from Bombarde, cut-ups lowered, 1-6 on existing offset chest, 1-12 languids reinforced, new sleeves; 13 up new pipes 35. 8' Bourdon 61 existing wooden pipes 36. 8' Gemshorn 61 relocated from Great, 1-12 languids reinforced, with new tuning sleeves 37. 4' Principal 61 relocated from 4' Swell Geigen Principal, with new tuning sleeves 38. 4' Spillflute 61 relocated from Positiv, 1-12 caps soldered to be stopped, treble relocated from Swell 39. 2' Flute 61 relocated from Positiv, with new tuning sleeves 40. II-IV Mixture 208 existing pipes, with new tuning sleeves 41. 16' Fagott 61 1-12 half-length, relocated from Swell, revoiced with new tongues, tuning scrolls soldered and caps retained, shallots opened 42. 8' Trumpet 61 relocated from Swell, 1-12 from Trumpet, 13 up from Clarion, revoiced with new tongues, regulation slots soldered, shallots opened 43. 8' Clarinet 61 new, with caps Tremulant Sub Unison off Super 44. * 8' Tuba Mirabilis 61 new, hooded, with regulation slots, 25" wind pressure, with unit chest, blower and reservoir * not affected by couplers, except Choir 16' and 4' couplers PEDAL (6", 10" for Ophicleide) 45. 32' Diapason -- Walker digital 46. 32' Contra Bourdon 12 existing, caps grooved, on existing offset chest, ext. of No. 49 47. 16' Contrabass 32 new, open wood, of large scale 48. 16' Diapason GT 49. 16' Bourdon 32 existing, 1-27 on existing offset chest, 28-32 on new unit chest, 1-18 caps grooved 50. 16' Gemshorn CH 51. 16' Echo Bourdon SW 52. 8' Open Flute 12 ext. of No. 47 53. 8' Octave 32 new, 1-20 in façade 54. 8' Chimney Flute GT 55. 8' Gemshorn CH 56. 8' Still Gedeckt SW 57. 4' Super Octave 32 new 58. 4' Chimney Flute GT 59. III Théorbe -- 10 2/3' from No. 49, 6 2/5'-4 4/7' from No. 1 60. IV Mixture 128 from existing pipework 61. 32' Bombarde -- Walker digital 62. 32' Ophicleide 12 existing half-length, revoiced with new tongues, with new bells, on existing offset chest, ext. of No. 64, shallots opened 63. 16' Major Tuba CH 64. 16' Ophicleide 32 existing, revoiced with new tongues, 1-12 with new bells, on existing offset chest, regulation scrolls soldered, shallots opened 65. 16' Double Trumpet GT 66. 16' Posaune SW 67. 16' Fagott CH 68. 8' Tuba Mirabilis CH 69. 8' Trumpet 12 ext. of No. 64 70. 4' Tuba Clarion CH 71. 4' Clarion 12 ext. of No. 69 [Received online from Jeff Scofield]
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