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Casavant Frères Opus 2985-R (2006)

Choate School / Choate Rosemary Hall: Seymour St. John Chapel
333 Christian St.
Wallingford, CT

Images

1968 - Console and exposed pipes (Photograph by Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1968 - Chapel interior to rear and organ case (Photograph by Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2009-06-06 - Chapel exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
Console position: Detached Keydesk (Mechanical Action)
3 manuals
45 stops
45 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2011-03-16 - Identified through online information from Nathan Janette. -Database Manager

2020-10-14 - **Database Manager on May 31, 2008:** Listed in "Recent Installations," The American Organist Vol. 41 No. 7 [July, 2007]. Rebuild of existing organ. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives

       Wallingford, Connecticut
       Choate Rosemary Hall
       Seymour St. John Chapel

       Casavant   Op. 2985   1968   3/66
       Casavant   Op. 2985   2006   Rebuild
       __________________________________________________

       GRAND ORGUE                    POSITIF
   16' Bourdon            56       8' Bourdon          56
    8' Montre             56       8' Salicional       56
    8' Flûte à cheminée   56       4' Prestant         56
    4' Prestant           56       4' Flûte à fuseau   56
    4' Flûte ouverte      56   2 2/3' Nazard           56
2 2/3' Quinte             56       2' Doublette        56
    2' Doublette          56       2' Quarte de Nazard 56
    2' Flûte à bec        56   1 3/5' Tierce           56
    V  Cornet            280   1 1/3' Larigot          56
   IV  Fourniture 1 1/3' 224       V  Fourniture  1'  280
   IV  Cymbale      2/3' 224      16' Ranquette        56
   16' Basson             56       8' Cromorne         56
    8' Trompette          56          Trémolo
    8' Trompette-en- 
       Chamade            56          PÉDALE
                                  16' Montre           32
       RÉCIT                      16' Soubasse         32
    8' Flûte bouchée      56       8' Octavebasse      32
    8' Viole de Gambe     56       8' Bourdon          32
    8' Voix céleste       56       4' Octave           32
    4' Flûte conique      56       4' Flûte            32
    2' Flûte des Bois     56       V  Fourniture  2'  128
   II  Cornet            112      16' Bombarde         32
  III  Petite Fourniture 168 *    16' Basson           32
    8' Hautbois           56       8' Trompette        32
       Trémolo                     4' Chalumeau        32

    *  1' pitch

            [Received from Jeff Scofield May 4, 2021]

Websites

[Builder\'s web site - PDF file] - Photograph, description (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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#6127 - Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2985 (1968)