Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1577 (1937)

St. Luke's Roman Catholic Church
528. Lathrop Avenue
River Forest, IL

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

Images

2019-07-26 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
36 stops
41 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 tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-07-26 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Dismantled ca. 1989, with some ranks purchased by John Vroom Pipe Organ Service, Lansing, IL; replaced by digital instrument. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    River Forest, Illinois
    St. Luke's Church

    Casavant   Op. 1577   1937   3/38

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

    GREAT                        CHOIR
 8' Open Diapason     73      8' English Open Diapason 73
 8' Hohlflöte         73      8' Melodia               73
 8' Gemshorn          73      8' Dulciana              73
 4' Octave            73      4' Flute d'Amour         73
 4' Harmonic Flute    73      2' Flageolet             61
 2' Super Octave      61      8' Clarinet              73
 8' Tromba            73         Tremulant
    Sub                          Sub
    Super                        Super
    Chimes            EC         Chimes                EC

    SWELL                        ECHO
16' Bourdon           73      8' Stopped Diapason      73
 8' Open Diapason     73      8' Muted Viol            73
 8' Stopped Diapason  73      8' Vox Angelica          73
 8' Viola da Gamba    73      4' Lieblichflöte         73
 8' Voix Celeste      73      8' Oboe                  73
 8' Aeoline           73         Tremulant
 4' Flauto Traverso   73         Chimes                25
 4' Violina           73
 2' Piccolo           61         ECHO PEDAL
IV  Cornet           244     16' Bourdon               32
 8' Cornopean         73
 8' Oboe              73         PEDAL
 8' Vox Humana        73     32' Double Open Diapason  --
    Tremulant                16' Open Diapason         32
    Sub                      16' Bourdon               32
    Super                    16' Gedeckt               SW
    Chimes            EC      8' Octave                12
                              8' Stopped Flute         12
                              8' Still Gedeckt         SW
                             16' Trombone              32
                                 Chimes                EC

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield July 28, 2010]

Documents

(1938-02-01) Write-up from THE DIAPASON February 1938 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield