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Casavant Frères Opus 2070A (1996)

Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis: St. Francis of Assisi R. C. Church
4849 Laverna Road
Springfield, IL

Images

2017-10-02 - Church exterior (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2017-12-29 - Sanctuary and altar (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2012-11-12 - Church interior from gallery (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018-04-19 - Church insterior (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
31 stops
23 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: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-07-29 - Identified through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Originally installed as Casavant 3/17 Op. 2070 in 1951 -Database Manager

2020-06-19 - As of June 2020, Phase III had not yet been initiated. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

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

            Springfield, Illinois
            Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis

            Casavant   Op. 2070   1951/1996   3/26

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

            Project phase numbers indicated in parentheses

            GREAT
 1.      8' Open Diapason    68  13-13 rebuilt in workshop with new languids
                                       and cut-ups lowered; 33-68 new (I)
 2.      8' Rohr Flute       68  new external metal stoppers
 3.      4' Principal        68  pipes reinstalled in original location (I)
 4.  2 2/3' Twelfth          68
 5.      2' Fifteenth        61  new pipes on existing action (I)
 6.  II-IV  Mixture         208  new pipes and toeboard on existing
                                 Gemshorn 8' action (III)
 7.      8' Trumpet          68  21-32 unitized (II); returned to Casavant
                                 in 2006 and revoiced with new brass tongues
            Tremulant
            Sub
            Unison Off           new (II)
            Super

            SWELL
 8.     16' Gedeckt          68  new external metal stoppers for 25-68 (I);
                                 33-68 unitized (II)
 9.      8' Geigen Diapason  68
10.      8' Stopped Diapason 68  reinstalled in their original location (I)
11.      8' Viola da Gamba   68
12.      8' Voix céleste  GG 61
13.      4' Octave Geigen    68
14.      4' Traverse Flute   68
15.      2' Piccolo          61  reinstalled in their original location (I)
16.      8' Oboe             68
            Tremulant            relocated in keycheek (II)
            Sub
            Unison Off           new (II)
            Super

            CHOIR (new, except as noted)(III)
17.      8' Gemshorn         61  reused pipes from Great
18.      8' Spillflöte       61  1-17 stopped wood
19.      8' Gedeckt          SW  C1 to G5; new (II)
20.      4' Nachthorn        61  1-12 stopped
21.  2 2/3' Nazard           52  from AA
22.      2' Flageolet        61
23.  1 3/5' Tierce           52  from AA
            Tremulant
            Sub
            Unison Off           new (II)
            Super
            Chimes          [pf]

            PEDAL
24.     32' Contra Bourdon   --  new, wired from Bourdon 16' (II)
25.     16' Principal        12  GT
26.     16' Bourdon          32
27.     16' Gedeckt          SW
28.      8' Octave           GT
29.      8' Stopped Flute    12
30.     16' Contra Trumpet   12  GT  renamed
31.      8' Trumpet          GT  GT  new (II)

        [Received online from Jeff Scofield  July 29, 2010]

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