Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Opus 3838 (2005)

Principia College: Cox Auditorium
1 Maybeck Place
Elsah, IL

Images

2006 - Organ and case (Dedication program, via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2006 - Console (Dedication program, via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2006 - Organ layout (Dedication program, via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached
3 manuals
43 stops
54 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Curved Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has sequencer
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-10-06 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-08-14 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2012-09-07 - Updated through online information from Dr. John R. Near. -Database Manager

2017-10-16 - Updated by Carson Landry, who has heard or played the organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

        Elsah, Illinois
        Principia College

        Casavant   Op. 3838   2005   3/55

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

        GRAND ORGUE                        POSITIF
    16' Montre               58        16' Bourdon doux     58
     8' Montre               58         8' Principal        58
     8' Violoncelle          58         8' Cor de nuit      58
     8' Bourdon              58         4' Prestant         58
     8' Flûte harmonique     58         4' Flûte à fuseau   58
     4' Prestant             58     2 2/3' Nasard           58
     4' Flûte ouverte        58         2' Quarte de nasard 58
     2' Doublette            58     1 3/5' Tierce           58
II-III  Cornet              126     1 1/3' Larigot          58
  IV-V  Fourniture          273        IV  Mixture         232
    16' Bombarde             58         8' Trompette        58
     8' Trompette            58         8' Cromorne         58
     4' Clairon              58            Tremblant 

        RÉCIT                              PÉDALE
     8' Diapason             58        32' Soubasse         12
     8' Bourdon              58        16' Contrebasse      32 (2008)
     8' Viole de gambe       58        16' Montre           GO
     8' Voix céleste      tc 46        16' Soubasse         32
     4' Octave               58        16' Bourdon doux     PO
     4' Flûte octaviante     58    10 2/3' Quinte            7
     2' Octavin              58         8' Octavebasse      32
     V  Plein-jeu           290         8' Flûte            12 Contrebasse
    16' Basson     F/L       58         8' Bourdon           5
     8' Trompette harmonique 58         4' Octave           32
     8' Hautbois             58         4' Flûte            12 Contrebasse
     8' Voix humaine         58        32' Contre-trombone  12 full-length
     4' Clairon harmonique   58        16' Trombone         32
        Tremblant                      16' Bombarde         GO
                                        8' Trompette        12
                                        4' Clairon          12

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield  August 10, 2010]

Documents

(2006-05-11) Dedication Program, via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield