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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2226-B (2011)

St. Mary's Seminary and University
5400 Roland Avenue
Baltimore, MD

Images

Unknown - Chapel interior to organ (Photograph by Len Levasseur, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-01-24 - Building exterior (Photograph by Baltimore AGO Chapter, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-01-21 - Console (Photograph by Baltimore AGO Chapter, via Facebook/Jeff Scofield)

2019-01-21 - Chapel interior to rear and organ case (Photograph by Baltimore AGO Chapter, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2011-05-04 - Gallery, Console, and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Paul Binko/Database Manager)

2011-05-04 - Console (Photograph by Paul Binko/Database Manager)

2023 - Facade (Len Levasseur/John Roper)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
37 stops
45 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

Notes

2012-07-08 - Identified through online information from Paul Binko. -- Rebuild by Casavant with an enlarged stop list and one rank rescaled. No other alterations were made. The rebuild project was directed by Simon Couture, re-voicing by Richard Marchand, installation by Donald DuLaney and David Storey.<br>The original organ was built for the New York residence of Archer Gibson. Aeolian, Opus 1419 (1918, 1929) Electro-pneumatic action 3 manuals, 33 stops, 26 ranks. At the end of his life, Gibson donated the instrument to Saint Mary's Seminary to be used in their newly constructed chapel. Casavant used many mechanisms and seventeen ranks, and added sixteen additional ranks to the instrument in 1954 as their Opus #2226. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

Baltimore, Maryland
St. Mary's Seminary and University

Casavant   Op. 2226   1954/2011
*Aeolian 1918, Opus 1419

GREAT ORGAN
16' *Flute Conique   (1-12 Casavant)
 8' Open Diapason
 8' Flute Conique*
 8' Hohlflote*
 8' Gemshorn*
 4' Octave
 4' Harmonic Flute*
2⅔' Twelfth
 2' Fifteenth
16' Trombone*
 8' Trumpet*
    Chimes
 
SWELL ORGAN
16' Gedeckt* (1-12 Casavant)
 8' Open Diapason
 8' Stopped Diapason*
 8' Viole de Gamba*
 8' Voix Celeste*
 4' Violina
 4' Flauto Traverso*
2⅔' Twelfth
 2' Octavin
1⅗' Tierce
1⅓' Larigot
 8' Trumpet*
 8' Oboe*
 8' Vox Humana*
 
CHOIR ORGAN
 8' Geigen Principal
 8' Melodia
 8' Dulciana
 8' Unda Maris
 4' Geigen Principal
 4' Lieblichflote
 2' Piccolo
 8' Clarinet*
    Harp*
    Zimbelstern 
    Chimes 

PEDAL ORGAN
32' Bourdon
32' Flute Conique
16' Contrabasse*
16' Bourdon*
16' Flute Conique*
16' Gedeckt*
 8' Cello*
 8' Flute Conique* 
 8' Stopped Flute*
 4' Choralbasse
16' Trombone*
 8' Trumpet* 

 [Received from Paul Binko 2012-07-09. Corrected 2021-02-22]

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