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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1101 (1925)

Masonic Temple
33 Pleasant Street
Middletown, CT

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

Images

2021-06-01 - Console after relocation (Photograph by Paul Marchesano, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-02-23 - Curved bench (Photograph by Paul Marchesano /Paul R. Marchesano)

2021-02-23 - Pedal pipework (Photograph by Paul Marchesano /Paul R. Marchesano)

2021-02-23 - Swell pipework (Photograph by Paul Marchesano /Paul R. Marchesano)

2021-02-23 - Great pipework (Photograph by Paul Marchesano /Paul R. Marchesano)

2021-02-23 - Nameplate (Photograph by Paul Marchesano /Paul R. Marchesano)

2021-02-23 - Console, in alcove at side of meeting room (Photograph by Paul Marchesano /Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
13 stops
22 registers
3 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: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2010-11-24 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2021-02-24 - Factoryspecifications Indicated 65 note chess in the manual divisions and 30 note chests for the Pedal. Personal inspection revealed 73 note chests and 32 note pedal -Paul R. Marchesano

2021-02-24 - As of February 2021 the organ is for sale. -Paul R. Marchesano

2021-05-25 - May 2021: The organ has been sold to Zion Lutheran Church, Bristol, Pennsylvania. Removal and transport scheduled for May 28-30, 2021. -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

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

   Middletown, Connecticut
   Masonic Temple

   Casavant   Op. 1101   1925   2/13

   Courtesy of the Casavant Fréres Archives
   St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
   ____________________________________________________________

   GREAT                  SWELL                      PEDAL
8' Open Diapason 73    8' Open Diapason    73    16' Bourdon 30
8' Melodia       73    8' Stopped Diapason 73     8' Flute   30
8' Dulciana      73    8' Viola da Gamba   73
4' Principal     73    8' Vox Céleste      73
                       8' Aeoline          73
                       4' Traverse Flute   73
                       8' Clarinet         73
                          Tremulant 

  [Received online from Jeff Scofield  November 26, 2010]

[Corrected pipe counts and city spelling, 2 stops spellings - Paul Marchesano personal inspection of organ, 23 Feb 2021]

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