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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 968 (1923)

St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church
190 Adams Ave.
Memphis, TN

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
28 stops
31 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 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 tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-05-16 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Divided to each side of the gallery behind façade pipes. Rebuilt with some tonal changes by Casavant in 1989. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

     Memphis, Tennessee
     St. Peter's R. C. Church

     Casavant   Op. 968   1923   4/35
     Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
     ________________________________________________

     GREAT                        CHOIR
  8' Diapason         68       8' Violin Diapason  68
  8' Hohlflöte        68       8' Melodia          68
  8' Gemshorn         68       8' Dulciana         68
  4' Octave           68       4' Flute d'Amour    68
  4' Harmonic Flute   68       8' Clarinet         68
  2' Fifteenth        61          Tremulant
III  Mixture         204          Sub
  8' Tuba             68          Super
     Sub                       8' Harp
     Super                     4' Celesta          61

     SWELL                        ECHO
 16' Bourdon          68       8' Cor de Nuit      68
  8' Open Diapason    68       8' Vox Angelica II 136
  8' Gedeckt          68       8' Vox Humana       68
  8' Viola            68          Sub
  8' Voix Céleste     56          Super
  4' Principal        68          Chimes           25
  4' Flauto Traverso  68
  2' Piccolo          61          PEDAL
III  Cornet          204      16' Open Diapason    30
  8' Cornopean        68      16' Bourdon          30
  8' Oboe             68      16' Gedeckt          SW
     Tremulant                 8' Octave           12
     Sub                       8' Flute            12
     Super                    16' Trombone         30

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield May 17, 2010.]

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