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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2610 (1960)

Christ Church Anglican Cathedral: Cathedral
1440 Ave. Union
Montréal, QC, CA

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
64 stops
57 registers
6 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-02-28 - Identified through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture. -- New Console for Op. 112; replaced by Wilhelm Op. 77, 1980. Console moved to Canton, New York. -Database Manager

2010-08-28 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- This contract was for a new console and a renovation of the existing Casavant/Hutchings/Hill, Norman & Beard organ; the organ was replaced in 1980 by a 3/63 Karl Wilhelm; some of the existing pipework went to Grace United Church, Gananoque, Ontario, and the Casavant console was moved to Gunnison Memorial Chapel, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, and hooked up to 4-manual 1926 Estey Op. 2422. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Montréal, Québec
       Christ Church Cathedral

       Casavant   Op. 2610   1960   4/71

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

       This was for a new console and renovation of the 
       existing organ.

       The Celestial division was located high on the front
       wall of the nave, over the entrance to the choir;
       only the façade remains.

       GREAT                        SWELL
   16' Contre Geigen             8' Geigen Diapason
    8' Open Diapason             8' Flute Ouverte
    8' Geigen principal          8' Viola da Gamba
    8' Open Diapason III         8' Viox Celeste
    8' Chimney Flute             4' Principal
    4' Octave                    4' Lieblich Flute
    4' Principal                 2' Super Octave
    4' Nason Flute               V  Mixture
2 2/3' Twelfth                  16' Double Trumpet
    2' Fifteenth                 8' Trumpet
  III  Sesquialtera              8' Oboe
   IV  Harmonics                 4' Clarion
                                    Tremulant
       CHOIR                        Sub
    8' Viola                        Unison Off
    8' Stopped Diapason             Super
    8' Dulciana
    4' Gemshorn                     PEDAL
    4' Koppelflöte              32' Resultant Bass    --
2 2/3' Nazard                   16' Open Wood
    2' Flageolet                16' Open Diapason 
1 3/5' Tierce                   16' Geigen            GT
1 1/3' Larigot                  16' Violone 
1 1/7' Septième                 16' Bourdon
    1' Sifflöte                 16' Gedeckt (in CEL chamber)
  III  Cymbale                   8' Principal
                                 8' Bass Flute        12
       CELESTIAL                 8' Violoncello       12
    8' Rohrgedeckt           5 1/3' Twelfth
    8' Viola                     4' Fifteenth
    8' Aeoline Celeste II        4' Choralbass
    4' Gamba                    IV  Mixture
    4' Lieblich Flute           16' Trombone
    4' Quintadena               16' Trumpet           SW
   16' Krummhorn                 8' Clarion           12
    8' Trompette
       Tremulant
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super
       Chimes
    8' Tuba
    4' Octave Tuba (ext)

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield  August 29, 2010]

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