Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2723 (1963)

St. John's Catholic Basilica
1915 University Avenue
Des Moines, IA

Images

2007-11-20 - Basilica exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Wikipedia with permissions, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
30 stops
30 registers
3 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 tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-10-11 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-05-28 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2010-07-22 - Updated through online information from Sean O'Donnell. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Des Moines, Iowa
    St. John's R. C. Basilica
 
    Casavant   Op. 2723   1963   2/38

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

    GREAT                      SWELL                   PEDAL
16' Quintaton      61       8' Salicional     61   16' Principal      32
 8' Principal      61       8' Salicional Cel 54   16' Subbass        32
 8' Gedackt        61       8' Rohrflöte      61    8' Spitzprincipal 32
 4' Octave         61       8' Quintadena     61    8' Pommer         32
 4' Kleingedackt   61       4' Spitzflöte     61    4' Octave         32
 2' Blockflöte     61       2' Principal      61    4' Rohrflöte      32
II  Rauschquinte  122   1 1/3' Quintflöte     61    2' Nachthorn      32
IV  Mixture       244      IV  Scharff       244   II  Mixture        64
 8' Trompette      61      16' Basson   L/2   61   16' Posaune  L/2   32
    Chimes                  8' Trompette      61    4' Schalmei L/2   32
                            4' Hautbois       61
                               Tremulant

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield May 28, 2010.]