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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 657A (1987)

Second Congregational Church: Sanctuary
60 Highland St.
West Newton, MA

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
4 manuals
68 stops
49 registers
8 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 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

2011-02-14 - Identified through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

           West Newton, Massachusetts
           Second Congregational Church

           Casavant   Op. 657   1916/1987   4/62
           Casavant   Op. 1282  1928         / 3 Sunday School organ

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

           GRAND ORGUE
 1.    16' Violon-basse      49  1-12 from Pédale Violone 16'
 2.     8' Montre            61  new Casavant pipes
 3.     8' Bourdon           61  better of old GT or SO 8' flutes
 4.     8' Flûte harmonique  49  tc; old pipes from Gallery Chancel organ
 5.     4' Prestant          61  new Casavant pipes
 6.     4' Flûte             61  better of old GT or SO 4' flutes
 7. 2 2/3' Quinte            61  better of old GT Quinte or Tierce
 8.     2' Doublette         61  new Casavant pipes
 9.    IV  Fourniture       244  new Casavant pipes
10.   III  Cymbale          183  existing, brightened
11.     8' Trompette         61  new Casavant pipes

           POSITIF
12.     8' Montre            61  new Casavant pipes on old Dulciana 16' chest
13.     8' Bourdon           61  present
14.     4' Octave            61  old GT 4' Octave
15.     4' Flûte             61  better of present or residual of No. 6
16.     2' Doublette         61  better of old CH, GT or SO 2' Principal
17. 1 1/3' Larigot           61  present on old GT Tierce chest
18.    II  Sesquialtera      98  tc; old SO Sesquialtera
19.    IV  Cymbale          244  new Casavant pipes
20.     8' Cromorne          61  former SO Cromorne, revoiced
           Tremulant
21.     8' Tuba              61  1-18 better of old PD Trombone or SO Tuba
                                 revoiced; 19-61 are old Tuba revoiced

           RÉCIT
22.    16' Bourdon/Dulciana  61  better of former SW or CH stops
23.     8' Diapason          61  1-61 former GT Diapason 8'
24.     8' Flûte             61  present
25.     8' Gambe             61  present
26.     8' Gambe céleste     49  present, tc
27.     8' Flûte douce       61  present
28.     4' Octave            61  present
29.     4' Flûte traversière 61  present
30.     2' Piccolo           61  present
31. III-V  Plein Jeu        260  present plus new
32.    16' Basson            61  present, revoiced
33.     8' Trompette         61  present, revoiced
34.     8' Hautbois          61  present, revoiced
35.     8' Voix humaine      61  present, re-regulated but not revoiced
36.     4' Clairon           61  present, revoiced
           Tremulant

           PÉDALE
37.    32' Diapason          --  resultant from Nos. 39 and 41
38.    32' Soubasse          30  present, new packing leathers on stoppers
39.    16' Diapason          30  present
40.    16' Violon-basse      12  13-30 from No. 12
41.    16' Soubasse          12  1-18 from No. 38
42.     8' Octavebasse       30  former SW Diapason 8'
43.     8' Bourdon           12  ext. of No. 41
44.     4' Basse de choral   12  ext. of No. 42
45.   III  Fourniture        96  from former GT Mixture IV on new unit chest
46.    32' Contre bombarde   12  1-12 L/2; 25-30 from No. 21
47.    16' Bombarde          12  from Nos. 46 and 21
48.     8' Trompette         PO  from No. 21
49.     4' Clairon           PO  from No. 21

           ANTIPHONAL - MANUAL
1.      8' Montre            61  present Echo GT
2.      8' Bourdon           61  present Echo GT
1A.     4' Prestant          12  ext. of No. 1
3.      4' Flûte             61  present Echo SW
4.  2 2/3' Quinte            61  present Echo SW Octave re-tuned
1B.     2' Doublette         12  ext. of No. 1A
3A.     2' Flûte             12  ext. of No. 3
4A. 1 1/3' Quinte            12  ext. of No. 4
5.     II  Mixture          122  present slightly reconstituted
6.      8' Trompette         61  present Echo SW revoiced

           ANTIPHONAL - PEDAL
2B.    16' Bourdon           12  13-30 from No. 2
1A      8' Montre            --  from No. 1
3B.     8' Flûte             12  13-30 from No. 3
1B.     4' Octave            --  from No. 1
6A.     8' Trompette         --  from No. 6

           SUNDAY SCHOOL ORGAN - MANUAL (Op. 1282)
1.      8' Salicional        61
2.      8' Mélodie           61
3.      4' Principal         61  displaced from Chancel or Gallery Chapel
                                 organs

           SUNDAY SCHOOL ORGAN - PEDAL  (Op. 1282)
2A     16' Bourdon           12  13-30 from No. 2

[Received online from Jeff Scofield  February 28, 2011]

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