Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1887 (1947)

St. Anne's Catholic Church: Church
598 Main St.
Glace Bay, NS, CA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

1947-04-02 - Organ Case and Console (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
33 stops
30 registers
3 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 toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-02-16 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. Destroyed in fire, 1982 -Database Manager

2011-10-01 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Destroyed by fire May 30, 1982. -Database Manager

2011-10-03 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
       St. Anne's R. C. Church

       Casavant   Op. 1887   1947   3/33
       _________________________________________________

       Stoplist courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
       St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

       GREAT                         SWELL
    8' Open Diapason      68     16' Bourdon          68
    8' Violin Diapason    68      8' Open Diapason    68
    8' Hohl Flute         68      8' Stopped Diapason 68
    8' Gemshorn           68      8' Viola da Gamba   68
    4' Octave             68      8' Voix Celeste     61
    4' Flute Triangulaire 68      4' Flauto Traverso  68
    2' Super Octave       61      2' Flautino         61
    8' Tromba             68     IV  Dolce Cornet    244
       Sub                        8' Trumpet          68
       Super                      8' Oboe             68
                                  8' Vox Humana       68
       CHOIR                         Tremulant
    8' Geigen Principal   68         Sub
    8' Melodia            68         Super
    8' Dulciana           68
    4' Lieblich Flute     68         PEDAL
2 2/3' Nazard             61     16' Open Diapason    32
    2' Piccolo            61     16' Bourdon          32
    8' Clarinet           68     16' Gedeckt          SW
       Tremulant                  8' Octave           12
       Sub                        8' Cello            32
       Super                      8' Stopped Flute    12
                                 16' Trombone         32

       Case of oak with display pipes to extend the full 
       width of arch about 23 feet wide and similar to 
       sketch No. 1782-B submitted with this contract.

[Received online from Jeff Scofield  September 28, 2011]