Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1531 (1936)

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church
321 S. Broadway
Lawrence, MA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

1997 - Balcony showing Casavant organ's twin cases and console in middle. Taken with poor camera. (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2014 - Aerial view of church and So. Broadway in Lawrence (Photograph by Sacred Heart Traditional Catholic Church , submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

1930s - Church exterior (Photograph by Archdiocese of Boston, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2014 - Nave and empty rear gallery where the Casavant once lived in divided cases on either side of the window (Photograph by Sacred Heart Traditional Catholic Church website, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

Before 2001 - Chancel and altar pre 2001 (Photograph from an archival source: Unknown, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

Unknown - Church Exterior (Photograph courtesy of Andrew Scanlon (ca. 2000)/Database Manager)

1997-08-20 - Console (Photograph courtesy of Andrew Scanlon/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
33 stops
29 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

2010-12-07 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Church closed and organ relocated in 2008 to St. John the Evangelist R. C. Church, Wellesley Hills, MA. -Database Manager

2024-01-31 - Updated through online information from Andrew Scanlon: This instrument is extant in its entirety but in a new location. It is not extant/playable at this location, but it is definitely extant and fully playable in its new location. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

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

       Lawrence, Massachusetts
       Sacred Heart R. C. Church

       Casavant   Op. 1531   1936   3/31

       Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
       St. Lawrence, Québec, Canada
       ______________________________________________

       GRAND ORGUE                RÉCIT
    8' Montre           68    16' Bourdon          68
    8' Flûte ouverte    68     8' Principal Violon 68
    8' Gemshorn         68     8' Bourdon          68
    4' Prestant         68     8' Salicional       68
2 2/3' Quinte           61     8' Voix Céleste     68
    2' Doublette        61     4' Flûte Traverse   68
    8' Trompette        61     4' Violina          68
       Super                   2' Piccolo          61
                             III  Cornet          204
       POSITIF (expr)          8' Trompette        68
    8' Principal Etroit 68     8' Hautbois         68
    8' Mélodie          68     8' Voix Humaine     68
    8' Dulciane         68        Trémolo
    4' Flûte d'Amour    68        Sub
2 2/3' Nazard           61        Super
    2' Flageolet        61
    8' Clarinette       68        PÉDALE
       Trémolo                32' Flûte            -- 
       Sub                    16' Flûte Ouverte    32
       Super                  16' Bourdon          32
                              16' Bourdon doux     RE
                               8' Flûte            12
                               8' Flûte Couverte   12
                              16' Bombarde         32

[Received online from Jeff Scofield December 9, 2010]

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#559 - Andover Organ Co. Opus R-435 (2008)