Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 893 (1921)

St. Mary's Catholic Church
345 Lyle Street
London, ON, CA

Images

2024-04-26 - Left stopjamb (Philip Fillion/Philip Fillion)

2024-04-26 - Right stopjamb (Philip Fillion/Philip Fillion)

2024-04-26 - Manuals and builder's nameplate (Philip Fillion/Philip Fillion)

2024-04-27 - Pedalboard, divisional toe spoons, Swell and Crescendo shoes (Philip Fillion/Philip Fillion)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
2 manuals
13 stops
14 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
Has coupler toe pistons
Has combination trundles

Notes

2014-09-08 - Identified through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. -Database Manager

2024-04-26 - I visited this organ in Apr. 2024. Instrument continues to be playable and seems to retain its original voicing. The stop list has not been modified. At some point the console was moved to the front of the church. -Philip Fillion

Stoplist

TOE SPOONS (unlabeled): Swell 1-3, Great 1-3, Gr. to Ped (rev); PEDAL MOVEMENTS: Swell Expression (bal.), Crescendo (bal.) Source: Stoplist Courtesy of the Casavant-Freres Archives. Transferred from former Database; Received from Jeff Scofield December 3, 2018 1921

Swell Stop. Diapason 8, Open Diapason 8, Viola Di Gamba 8, Voix Celeste [tc] 8, Aeoline 8, Oboe 8, Tremolo, Trav. Flute 4

Great Open Diapason 8, Melodia 8, Dulciana 8 (1-12 from Melodia), Principal 4, Fifteenth 2

Pedal Ped. Bourdon 16, Ped. Flute 8

Swell to Pedal 8 (Swell to Ped.), Great to Pedal 8 (Great to Ped.), Great to Great 4 (Great Super), Swell to Great 16 (Swell Sub Gt.), Swell to Great 8 (Swell to Gt.), Swell to Swell 16 (Swell Sub), Swell to Great 4 (Swell Super Gt.), Swell to Swell 4 (Swell Super)