Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Opus 1454 (1932)

St. Joseph's Catholic Church
151 Laurier Avenue East
Ottawa, ON, CA

Images

2021-10-30 - Great and Pedal stops, showing recently added (used) 3 rank Mixture on Great, although re-purposed knob says 4 ranks (Photograph by James P Brobst/JAMES P BROBST)

2021-10-30 - Choir and Swell stops (Photograph by James P Brobst/JAMES P BROBST)

October 2020 - Pipework (Photograph from an archival source: Sylvain Brisson, submitted by Tom Fagan/Tom Fagan)

November 30, 2020 - Console (Photograph by Tom Fagan/Tom Fagan)

November 2020 - Pipework in gallery (Photograph by Tom Fagan/Tom Fagan)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
27 stops
30 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2014-09-09 - Identified through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. The cost was "$ 11,400.00". -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives Date not recorded

   Ottawa, Ontario
   St. Joseph's R. C. Church

   Casavant   Op. 1454   1932   3/29
   ________________________________________________

   GREAT                       SWELL

8' Open Diapason    68     16' Bourdon           68
8' Doppelflöte      68      8' Open Diapason     68
8' Gemshorn         68      8' Stopped Diapason  68
4' Octave           68      8' Viola da Gamba    68
4' Wald Flute       68      8' Voix Céleste      68
2' Super Octave     61      4' Flauto Traverso   68
8' Trumpet          68      2' Flautino          61
   Sub                    III  Dolce Cornet     204
   Super                    8' Cornopean         68
   Chimes           CH      8' Oboe              68
                            8' Vox Humana        68
   CHOIR                       Tremulant
                               Sub
8' Geigen Principal 68         Super
8' Melodia          68         Chimes            CH
8' Dulciana         68
4' Rohr Flute       68         PEDAL
2' Piccolo          61
8' Clarinet         68     16' Open Diapason     32
   Tremulant               16' Bourdon           32
   Sub                     16' Gedeckt           SW
   Super                    8' Octave            12
   Chimes           25      8' Stopped Flute     12
                           16' Trombone          32
                               Chimes            CH

      [Received from Jeff Scofield July 29, 2019]

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