Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1350 (1929)

St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church
63 Sheridan Street
Fitchburg, MA

Images

2020-08-30 - Church interior (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2020-08-30 - Organ case details (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2020-08-30 - Console (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2020-08-30 - Builder's Nameplate and coupler tabs (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2020-08-30 - Left stop jamb (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2020-08-30 - Right stop jamb (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2020-08-30 - Organ case. (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2020-08-30 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2020-07-26 - Church exterior (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

1929-11-01 - Nave, Gallery, and Pipe Facades (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
21 stops
19 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-12-06 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2013-06-05 - Updated through online information from Lucy Dechene. -- Except for some problems with the combination actions, this organ is in excellent, playable condition. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Fitchburg, Massachusetts
    St. Francis of Assisi R. C. Church

    Casavant   Op. 1350   1929   2/19

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

    GREAT (enclosed)          SWELL
 8' Diapason         73   16' Bourdon         73
 8' Hohlflöte        73    8' Diapason        73
 8' Gemshorn         73    8' Gedeckt         73
 4' Principal        73    8' Salicional      73
 4' Lieblichflöte    73    8' Voix Céleste    73
 2' Fifteenth        61    4' Octave          73
 8' Clarinet         73    4' Flauto Traverso 73
    Sub                    8' Trumpet         73
    Unison Off             8' Oboe (French)   73
    Super                  8' Vox Humana      73
                              Tremulant
    PEDAL                     Sub
16' Diapason         32       Unison Off
16' Bourdon          32       Super
16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
 8' Stopped Flute    12

[Received online from Jeff Scofield December 9, 2010]