Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 943 (1922)

Sacred Heart R. C. Church: Church
3211 Pine St. NW
Washington, DC

Images

1922-11-01 - Nave and Gallery Pipe Facade (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
50 stops
45 registers
5 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 thumb pistons

Notes

2010-07-22 - Identified through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2010-08-18 - Updated through on-line information from Jonathan M. Bowen. -- The organ was in bad condition when I played a recital on it back in 1985. The organ has not been used in years, and has been un-playable for quite a while. -- The Solo is now unenclosed. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Washington, DC
       Sacred Heart R. C. Church

       Casavant   Op. 943   1922   4/49

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

       GREAT                             CHOIR
   16' Double Open Diapason  73      16' Dulciana           73
    8' Open Diapason         73       8' Geigen Principal   73
    8' Violin Diapason       73       8' Melodia            73
    8' Hohlflöte             73       8' Dulciana           73
    8' Dolce                 73       8' Unda Maris         73
    4' Octave                73       4' Waldflöte          73
    4' Harmonic Flute        73       4' Violina            73
2 2/3' Twelfth               73       8' Clarinet           73
    2' Fifteenth             61          Tremulant
   IV  Mixture              292          Sub
    8' Tromba                73          Unison Off
    4' Clarion               73          Super
       Unison Off                        Chimes             SO
       Super                             Celesta & Sub
       Chimes                SO
                                         SOLO *
       SWELL                          8' Grossflöte         73
   16' Bourdon               73       8' Viole d'Orchestre  73
    8' Open Diapason         73       8' Viole Céleste      73
    8' Stopped Diapason      73       4' Flute              73
    8' Viola da Gamba        73       8' Tuba               73
    8' Voix Céleste       tc 61          Sub
    4' Principal             73          Unison Off
    4' Flauto Traverso       73          Super
    2' Piccolo               61          Chimes             25
  III  Dolce Cornet         183
   16' Double Trumpet (soft) 73          PEDAL
    8' Trumpet               73      32' Double Open        --
    8' Oboe                  73      16' Open Diapason      32
    8' Vox Humana            73      16' Bourdon            32
    4' Clarion               73      16' Dulciana           32
       Tremulant                     16' Gedeckt            SW
       Sub                            8' Octave             12
       Unison Off                     8' Stopped Diapason   12
       Super                          8' Violincello        32
       Chimes                SO       4' Flute              12
                                     16' Trombone           32 *
    *  higher pressure

       [Received online from Jeff Scofield  July 22, 2010]