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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1966 (1949)

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• Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
• 3 manuals
• 40 stops
• 43 registers
• 4 divisions
• Key action Type: Electrical
• Stop action Type: Electrical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs
• 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

2010-02-09 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2020-06-10 - This was a console-only contract for an existing organ. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives

       St-Benoit-du-Lac, Québec
       Couvent-des-Benedictins

       Casavant   Op. 1966   1949   3/30
       _____________________________________________

       GRAND ORGUE (enclosed)      RECIT

   16' Bourdon                 16' Quintaton
    8' Montre                   8' Flûte Traversière
    8' Flûte Harmonique         8' Viole de Gambe
    4' Prestant                 8' Voix Céleste
    8' Cromorne                 4' Flûte Octaviante
       Tremblant            2 2/3' Quinte
       Sub                      2' Doublette
       Unison Off           1 1/3' Larigot
       Super                  III  Plein Jeu  (prep)
                                8' Trompette
       POSITIF (enclosed)       8' Hautbois
                                4' Clairon
    8' Principal                   Tremblant
    8' Cor de Nuit                 Sub
    4' Flûte douce                 Unison Off
2 2/3' Nazard                      Super
    2' Quarte de Nazard
1 3/5' Tierce                      PEDALE
    V  Cornet       (prep)
    8' Voix Humaine            32' Basse (resultant)
       Sub                     16' Soubasse
       Unison Off              16' Bourdon
       Super                    8' Bourdon
   16' Bombarde  *              4' Flûte
    8' Trompette *             16' Bombarde      PO
    4' Clairon   *              8' Trompette     PO
                                4' Clairon       PO
    *  separate expression

        [Received from Jeff Scofield June 9, 2020]

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