St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
12 William Street
Newport, RI
Images
2020-06-24 - Console (Photograph by Kyle R. Medeiros/Kyle R. Medeiros, Director of Music/Organist)
2020-06-24 - Organ case and console (Photograph by Kyle R. Medeiros/Kyle R. Medeiros, Director of Music/Organist)
Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1973)/Database Manager)
2025-01-10 - Organ in rear gallery (Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)
2025-01-10 - Church interior (Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)
2025-01-10 - Organ case and façade in rear gallery (Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Movable Console
- 3 manuals
- 33 stops
- 29 registers
- 4 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 tutti toe pistons
Notes
2010-03-29 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2015-02-02 - Updated through online information from Cody Mead. -Database Manager
2016-10-12 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. <br>Having failed in Decemeber 2014, the organ was to be returned to Casavant for restoration in October 2016. -Database Manager
2020-07-22 - The organ was returned to Newport in April of 2017 after being sent back to Casavant in Canada.
A new facade and case was designed to match the beautifule Gothic structure of St Mary's.
On June 5th a Festival of Pipes event was held to premiere the pipe organ sound and to showcase the restoration of the choir loft.
The organ is maintained at least twice a year. -Kyle R. Medeiros, Director of Music/Organist
Stoplist
Proposal/Final detail from Casavant Freres for organ rebuild Source: Taken from the console April 2017
Casavant Frères Ltd. (Opus 2462, 1958/2017, 3/29)
St. Mary's R.C. Church
Newport, Rhode Island
GREAT SWELL
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8' Principal 68 16' Rohrgedeckt (extension of Rohrflote 8')
8' Bourdon 68 8' Geigen Principal 68
8' Erzähler 68 8' Rohrflote 68
4' Octave 68 8' Viole de Gamba 68
2 2/3 Twelfth 68 8' Voix Celeste 61 GG
2' Fifteenth 61 4' Gemshorn 68
1 1/3 MixtureIII 183 2' Octave 61
8' Herald Trumpet 61(New) 1' Plein Jeu III 183
8' Trompette 68
4' Clarion 68
Tremulant
CHOIR PEDAL
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8' Melodia 68 32' Bourdon (New) --
8' Dulciana 68 16' Contrabass 32
4' Spitzflöte 68 16' Bourdon 32
2 2/3' Nazard 61 16' Rohrgedeckt (Swell) --
2' Piccolo 61 8' Cello (extension of Contrabass) 12
8' Clarinet 68 8' Bass Flute (extension of Bourdon) 12
Tremulant 16' Trompette (extension from Swell) 12
16' Herald Trumpet (Great:from tenor c)
8' Herald Trumpet (Great)
COUPLERS (Solid State)
Great to Pedal
Great Super to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Swell Super to Pedal
Choir to Pedal
Choir Super to Pedal
Swell to Great
Swell Sub to Great
Swell Super to Great
Choir to Great
Choir Sub to Great
Choir Super to Great
Swell to Choir
Swell Sub to Choir
Swell Super to Choir
Great Unison Off
Great Super
Swell Sub
Swell Unison Off
Swell Super
Choir Sub
Choir Unison Off
Choir Super
ADJUSTABLE COMBINATIONS
(Solid State, 100 levels of memory)
Great 1 2 3 4 Thumb
Swell 1 2 3 4 Thumb
Choir 1 2 3 4 Thumb
Pedal 1 2 3 Toe
General 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Thumb & Toe
Cancel Thumb
Adjuster Thumb
Combination action adjuster lock Numeric Code
REVERSIBLE PISTONS
Great to Pedal Thumb & Toe
Swell to Pedal Thumb & Toe
Choir to Pedal Thumb & Toe
Swell to Great Thumb
Choir to Great Thumb
Swell to Choir Thumb
Full Organ Toe
BALANCED PEDALS
Crescendo on all stops and couplers
Swell Expression (existing, by Peterson)
Choir Expression (existing, by Peterson)
Stoplist copied from the factory specificatinos Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Newport, Rhode Island
St. Mary's R. C. Church
Casavant Op. 2462 1958 3/26
Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
GREAT SWELL
8' Principal 68 8' Geigen Principal 68
8' Bourdon 68 8' Rohrflöte 68
8' Erzähler 68 8' Viola da Gamba 68
4' Octave 68 8' Voix Celeste 61 GG
2' Fifteenth 61 4' Gemshorn 68
III Mixture 183 III Plein Jeu 183
Super 8' Trompette 68
4' Clarion 68
CHOIR Tremulant
8' Melodia 68 Sub
8' Dulciana 68 Unison Off
4' Spitzflöte 68 Super
2 2/3' Nazard 61
2' Piccolo 61 PEDAL
8' Clarinet 68 16' Contrabass (m) 32
Tremulant 16' Bourdon 32
Sub 16' Rohrgedeckt 12 SW
Super 8' Cello 12
8' Bass Flute 12
16' Trompette 12 SW
[Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 31, 2010.]
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