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Casavant Opus 1523 (1936)

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• Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
• 3 manuals
• 29 stops
• 32 registers
• 4 divisions
• Key action Type: Electrical
• Stop 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

2014-09-14 - Identified through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. The tonal director was Stephen Stoot. -Database Manager

2019-12-31 - Great and Swell Trumpets revoiced in 1987 by Casavant via Dodington & Dodington; IV-rank Casavant Mixtures added to the Great and Swell when the organ was renovated by Dodington & Dodington in 1989. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
    Westminster Presbyterian Church

    Casavant   Op. 1523   1936   3/35
    ______________________________________________

    GREAT                     SWELL

 8' Open Diapason  68     16' Gedeckt           68
 8' Rohrflöte      68      8' Geigen Principal  68
 8' Gemshorn       68      8' Stopped Diapason  68
 4' Principal      68      8' Viola da Gamba    68
 4' Waldflöte      68      8' Voix Celeste      61
 2' Fifteenth      61      8' Aeoline           68
IV  Fourniture    244 *    4' Flauto Traverso   68
 8' Tromba         68      2' Piccolo           61
    Super                 IV  Plein Jeu        244 *
    Chimes         CH      8' Cornopean         68
    Harp           CH      8' Oboe              68
                           8' Vox Humana        68
    CHOIR                     Tremulant
                              Sub
 8' Open Diapason  68         Super
 8' Melodia        68         Chimes            CH
 8' Dulciana       68         Harp              CH
 4' Lieblichflöte  68
 2' Flautino       61         PEDAL
 8' Clarinet       68
    Tremulant             16' Open Diapason     32
    Sub                   16' Bourdon           32
    Super                 16' Gedeckt           SW
    Chimes         25      8' Octave            12
    Harp           61      8' Stopped Flute     12
    Harp Sub              16' Trombone          32
                              Chimes            CH
 *  added in 1989

   [Received from Jeff Scofield December 31, 2019]

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