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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1972 (1949)

St. Ignatius of Loyola Roman Catholic Church
28 Commonwealth Ave.
Chestnut Hill, MA

Images

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1960s)/Database Manager)

1949-09-20 - Pipe Facade (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
22 stops
26 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe 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

2010-12-09 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Renovated and enlarged to 3/44 by Casavant in 1997, including a new Transept organ and low-profile console that controls the entire organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Chestnut Hill, Massachuetts
       St. Ignatius of Loyola R. C. Church

       Casavant   Op. 1972   1949   3/32

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

       GREAT                    SWELL
    8' Open Diapason  68     8' Geigen Principal  68
    8' Hohl Flute     68     8' Rohrflöte         68
    8' Gemshorn       68     8' Viola da Gamba    68
    4' Principal      68     8' Voix Celeste   GG 61
    4' Flute d'Amour  68     4' Octave Geigen     68
2 2/3' Twelfth        61     4' Traverse Flute    68
    2' Fifteenth      61     8' Horn              68
       Super                    Tremulant
       Chimes         pf        Sub
                                Super
       CHOIR
    8' Melodia        68        PEDAL
    8' Dulciana       68    16' Contra Bass       32
    4' Lieblichflöte  68    16' Bourdon           32
2 2/3' Nazard         61    16' Gedeckt           SW
    2' Piccolo        61     8' Cello             12
    8' Clarinet       68     8' Stopped Flute     12
       Tremulant             4' Flute             12
       Sub
       Super

[Received online from Jeff Scofield Decemver 9, 2010]

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