Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2311 (1956)

Holy Rosary/St. Charles Lwanga Roman Catholic Church
7114 Kelly Street
Pittsburgh, PA

OHS convention: 2010

Images

2016 - Church exterior (Photograph by Pawsburgh , submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2016 - Choir seating, back of console, and pipe façade (Photograph by Pawsburgh , submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2016 - Organ facade (Photograph by Pawsburgh , submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
40 stops
30 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
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

2010-01-12 - Identified through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2018-06-18 - The largest parish in the diocese in 1948, membership dwindled considerably; it merged with five other parishes in 1992 to form St. Charles Lwanga Parish, with the Holy Rosary buildings still being used. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
       Holy Rosary R. C. Church

       Casavant Frères   Op. 2311   1956   3/35

       Stoplist courtesy of Casavant

       GREAT                          SWELL
   16' Flute Conique 68 (1)        8' Rohr Flute 68
    8' Open Diapason 68            8' Viola da Gamba 68
    8' Hohl Flute 68 (2)           8' Voix Celeste 61 GG
    8' Erzähler 68                 4' Principal 68
    4' Octave 68                   4' Flauto Traverso 68
2 2/3' Twelfth 61                  2' Flautino 61 (soft flute type)
    2' Fifteenth 61               IV  Mixture 244
  III  Harmonics 183              16' Contra Fagotto 68
       Sub                         8' Trompette 68
       Unison Off                  4' Oboe-Clarion 68
       Super                          Tremulant
       Carillonic Bells (pf)          Sub
                                      Unison Off
       ANTIPHONAL (pf)                Super
    8' Bourdon
    4' Prestant                       CHOIR
   II  Mixture                     8' Viola 68 (6)
    8' Trompette                   8' Cor de Nuit 68
                                   8' Dulciana 68
       PEDAL                       8' Unda Maris 61 GG
   16' Principal 32 (3)            4' Lieblich Flute 68
   16' Bourdon 32 (4)          2 2/3' Nazard 61
   16' Flute Conique GT            2' Piccolo 61
    8' Principal 12            1 3/5' Tierce 61
    8' Bass Flute 12               8' Clarinet 68
    8' Flute Conique GT               Tremulant
    4' Super Octave 12                Sub
    4' Bourdon 12                     Unison Off
    2' Octavin 12                     Super
   16' Trombone 32 (5)
   16' Fagotto SW
    8' Tromba 12
    4' Clarion 12

 Handwritten notes on specification:
(1)soft scaling; (2)not tubby; (3)full scale booming type; (4)large scale; 
(5)thunderous quality; (6)narrow scale (German Geigen)

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield January 13, 2010.]