St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Cathedral
1300 Eoff Street
Wheeling, WV
Images
2020-05-18 - Cathedral exterior (Photograph by From cathedral Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2019-12-25 - Chancel and altar (Photograph by From cathedral Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
0020-04-21 - Cathedral interior (Photograph by From cathedral Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
0020-05-30 - Cathedral interior to rear, gallery and organ (Photograph by From cathedral Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
1953-07-11 - Organ Case (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 3 manuals
- 41 stops
- 49 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 toe pistons
Notes
2010-01-30 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager
2010-05-09 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- In 1996, a floor console was added that also plays a small second-hand organ located in the nuns gallery. -Database Manager
2017-07-20 - In 2016, Schantz added a new 16-rank Orgue de Choeur division in the north transept along with a new console to play both the transept and gallery organs; they also renovated the Casavant gallery console from 1953 3/46 Op. 2174. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Wheeling, West Virginia
St. Joseph's Cathedral, R.C.
Casavant Op. 2174 1953 3/46
Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
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GREAT SWELL
16' Flute Conique 73 16' Lieblich Bourdon 73
8' Open Diapason 73 8' Geigen Principal 73
8' Rohrflöte 73 8' Stopped Diapason 73
8' Gemshorn 73 8' Salicional 73
4' Octave 73 8' Voix Celeste GG 66
4' Flute d'Amour 73 4' Octave Geigen 73
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 4' Flauto Traverso 73
2' Fifteenth 61 2' Flautino 61
IV Mixture 244 III Cornet 183 (12-15-17)
(19-22-26-29) (12-15-17)
8' Trumpet 73 8' Trumpet 73
Super 8' Oboe 73
Tremulant
CHOIR Sub
8' Viola 73 Unison Off
8' Melodia 73 Super
8' Dulciana 73
8' Unda Maris GG 66 PEDAL
4' Violina 73 16' Open Diapason 32 wood
4' Lieblich Flute 73 16' Bourdon 32
2 2/3' Nazard 61 16' Flute Conique GT
2' Piccolo 61 16' Gedeckt SW
1 3/5' Tierce 61 10 2/3' Quinte 32
1 1/3' Larigot 61 8' Principal 32
1' Sifflöte 61 8' Stopped Flute 12
8' Clarinet 73 8' Still Gedeckt SW
Tremulant 5 1/3' Octave Quint 12
Sub 4' Super Octave 12
Unison off III Harmonics 96 (17-19-22)
Super 16' Trombone 32
8' Tromba 12
4' Clarion 12
[Received on line from Jeff Scofield May 09, 2010.]
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