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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2679 (1963)

Basilique Notre-Dame-du-Cap
626 Notre-Dame
Cap-de-la-Madeleine, QC, CA

Images


2005 - Console (Photograph from an archival source: musiqueorguequebec.ca, submitted by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2017-07-23 - Organ Case (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2017-07-23 - 16’, 8’, and 4’ en chamade reeds (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2017-07-23 - Organ in the rear gallery (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2007-07-29 - Exterior of the Basilica. (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

Consoles

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Notes

2010-02-19 - Identified by Riley Wes Mitchell from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2021-01-12 - The building is 260 feet (79 meters) long by 167 feet (60 meters) wide. As for the nave, it is 150 feet (46 meters) long by 130 feet (39.5 meters) wide and 100 feet (30.5 meters) high. The dome has a 48-foot (13.5-meter) diameter. The distance from the floor to the top of the cupola indoors is 125 feet (38 meters). The pyramid-shaped cupola is topped by a lantern which supports a 15-foot (4.5-meter) cross. The top of the cross is 258 feet (78.5 meters) from the ground; seating is 1,600. -Jeff Scofield

2021-01-12 - In 1989-1990, while performing a general cleaning and releathering operations of certain components, a 16-level memory electronic combinator with adjustable tremulant was installed in the console. A Résonnance division, grouping the chamades and the Grand-Orgue Cornet was created. -Jeff Scofield


Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of Casavant Frères

       Trois Rivères (Cap-de-la-Madeleine), Québec
       Basilique Notre-Dame-du-Cap

       Casavant   Op. 2679   1963   3/107
       ___________________________________________________

       GRAND ORGUE                    POSITIF

   16' Montre             61      16' Quintaton         61
   16' Bourdon            61       8' Montre            61       
    8' Montre             61       8' Bourdon           61
    8' Flûte Harmonique   61       8' Salicional        61
    8' Gambe              61       8' Unda Maris II    122
    8' Bourdon            61       4' Octave            61
    4' Prestant           61       4' Flûte Conique     61
    4' Flûte à Cheminée   61   2 2/3' Nazard            61
2 2/3' Quinte             61       2' Doublette         61
    2' Doublette          61       2' Quarte de Nazard  61
    2' Flûte à Bec        61   1 3/5' Tierce            61       
    V  Cornet (Tenor F)  225   1 1/3' Larigot           61
   IV  Fourniture 2 2/3' 244       1' Sifflet           61
   IV  Cymbale    1 1/3' 244      IV  Fourniture  1'   244
   16' Bombarde           61      IV  Cymbale   1/2'   244
    8' Trompette          61       8' Cromorne          61
    4' Clairon            61       8' Trompette       * 61
    8' Trompette        * 61       4' Clairon         * 61

       RECIT                          PEDALE

   16' Bourdon doux       61      32' Quintaton         32
    8' Diapason Etroit    61      16' Contrebasse       32
    8' Flûte Harmonique   61      16' Violon            32
    8' Flûte à Cheminée   61      16' Soubasse          32
    8' Viole de Gambe     61      16' Quintaton         32
    8' Voix Céleste       61  10 2/3' Quinte            32
    4' Prestant           61       8' Prestant          32
    4' Flûte Octaviante   61       8' Bourdon           32
    2' Octavin            61       8' Violoncello       32
    V  Cornet (Mid. C)   185   5 1/3' Quinte            32
   IV  Fourniture  2'    244       4' Octave            32
   IV  Cymbale     1'    244       4' Flûte Ouverte     32
   16' Basson    L/2      61       2' Flûte à Cheminée  32
    8' Trompette          61     III  Fourniture    4'  96
    8' Hautbois           61      IV  Cymbale   1 1/3' 128
    8' Voix Humaine       61      32' Bombardon   L/2   32
    4' Clairon            61      16' Bombarde          32
       Trémolo                    16' Basson      L/2   32
                                   8' Trompette         32
                                   8' Chalumeau         32
                                   4' Clairon           32
    *  en-chamade                  4' Cor Anglais       32

         [Received from Jeff Scofield January 12, 2021]

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