Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2814 (1964)

Cathedral of the Risen Christ, Roman Catholic
3500 Sheridan Boulevard
Lincoln, NE

Images

2014-11-13 - Cathedral interior angle (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2014-11-13 - Cathedral interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2014-11-13 - Console, choirloft and pipework (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2014-11-13 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2014-11-13 - Cathedral interior to rear (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2014-11-13 - Stained glass windows (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2014-11-13 - Cathedral Exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
38 stops
41 registers
4 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: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
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

2009-11-23 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-03-22 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2014-11-20 - A most unusual installation; the organ and choir are located in a synagogue-type arrangement behind the non-transparent front screen; the choir loft is basically an organ chamber with choir chairs. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

     Lincoln, Nebraska
     Cathedral of the Risen Christ, R.C.

     Casavant   Op. 2814   1964   3/51

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

     GREAT                            POSITIF (unenclosed)
 16' Quintaton 61                  8' Bourdon 61 (wood)
  8' Montre 61                     8' Flûte douce 61
  8' Flûte à cheminée 61           8' Flûte céleste 54 GG
  4' Prestant 61                   4' Prestant 61
  4' Flûte conique 61              4' Flûte à fuseau 61
  2' Gemshorn 61                   2' Flûte à bec 61
 II  Quartan 122               1 1/3' Larigot 61
 IV  Fourniture 244               II  Cornet 122
  8' Trompette pontificale 61    III  Cymbale 183
     (hooded)                      8' Cromorne 61
                                      Tremblant
     RÉCIT                         8' Trompette pontificale GT
  8' Cor de nuit 61                  (unaffected by any manual coupler
  8' Viole de gambe 61                but affected by "to Pedal" coupler)
  8' Voix céleste 54 GG
  4' Principal étroit 61              PEDAL
  4' Flûte à cheminée 61          32' Soubasse 12 (1-5 quints)
  2' Octave conique 61            16' Contrebasse 32
 IV  Cymbale 244                  16' Soubasse 32
 16' Basson 61 L/2                16' Quintaton GT
  8' Trompette 61                  8' Principal 32
  4' Hautbois 61                   8' Bourdon 32
     Tremblant                     4' Basse chorale 32
     Sub                           2' Flûte ouverte 32
     Unison Off                   IV  Fourniture 128
     Super                        16' Bombarde 32
                                  16' Basson RE
                                   4' Chalumeau 32

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 23, 2010.]