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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1656 (1940)

Convent of Jesus and Mary: Chapel
86 Woodland Rd.
Woonsocket, RI

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

Images

1940-11-01 - Gallery, Pipe Facade, and Chamber Grillework (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
10 stops
11 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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

Notes

2010-03-29 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Grand Orgue and Récit under separate expression; moved to First Baptist Church, Wickford, Rhode Island. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Woonsocket, Rhode Island
    Convent of Jesus and Mary

    Casavant   Op. 1656   1940   2/10

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

    GRAND ORGUE         RÉCIT                     PÉDALE
    (expressif)      8' Bourdon        68        (expressif)
 8' Principal 68     8' Viole de gambe 68     16' Bourdon  32 
 8' Mélodie   68     8' Flûte d'amour  68      8' Bourdon  12
 8' Dulciane  68     8' Hautbois       68
 4' Prestant  68        Trémolo
 2' Doublette 68        Octave Grave
    Octave Grave        Octave Aiguë
    Octave Aiguë

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 31, 2010.]

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