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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1879 (1947)

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• Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
• 2 manuals
• 14 stops
• 15 registers
• Key action Type: Electrical
• Stop action Type: Electrical
• Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
• 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

Notes

2010-02-16 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2020-05-15 - The 1823 church was badly damaged by fire November 1961; the organ apparently survived and is now in the current church of contemporary artchitecture completed in 1962. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives April 3, 1946

   St-Nicolas, Québec
   Eglise St-Nicolas

   Casavant   Op. 1879   1947   2/14
   _________________________________________________________

   GRAND ORGUE         RECIT                      PEDALE

8' Montre     68    8' Principal        68    16' Bourdon 32
8' Clarabelle 68    8' Bourdon          68     8' Flûte   32
8' Dulciane   68    8' Viole de Gambe   68     8' Bourdon 12
4' Prestant   68    8' Voix Céleste     61
2' Doublette  61    4' Violon           68
   Super            4' Flûte harmonique 68
                    8' Hautbois         68
                       Trémolo
                       Sub
                       Super

          [Received from Jeff Scofield May 15, 2020]

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