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Casavant Opus 989 (1923)

St-Thomas
140, rue St-Jean-Baptiste est
Montmagny, QC, CA

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
48 stops
53 registers
5 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 toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2015-09-05 - Identified through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. -Database Manager

2018-12-31 - Destroyed when the church burned on November 1, 1948. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Montmagny, Québec
       Église St-Thomas

       Casavant   Op. 989   1923   3/53
       __________________________________________________

       GRAND ORGUE                   POSITIF (enclosed)

   16' Montre            73 *    16' Quintaton         73 *
    8' Montre            73 *     8' Principal         73
    8' Flûte creuse      73       8' Mélodie           73
    8' Bourdon           73       8' Dulciane          73
    8' Salicional        73       8' Quintaton         73 *
    4' Prestant          73       4' Flûte douce       73
    4' Flûte harmonique  73       4' Violon            73
2 2/3' Nazard            73       2' Flageolet         61 *
    2' Doublette         61       8' Clarinette        73
  III  Fourniture       219          Trémolo
    8' Trompette         73          Octave grave
    4' Clairon           73          Octave aiguë
       Octave Aiguë
                                     SOLO (floating)
       RÉCIT
                                  8' Gross Flûte       73 *
   16' Bourdon           73 *     8' Viole d'Orchestre 73 *
    8' Principal         73       8' Viole déleste     73 *
    8' Bourdon           73 *     4' Flûte de concert  73 *
    8' Viole de gambe    73       4' Viole             73 *
    8' Voix céleste      61       8' Cor anglais       73 *
    4' Flûte traverse    73 *        Trémolo
    4' Violina           73 *    16' Tuba magna        73 *
    2' Piccolo           61       8' Tuba mirabilis    73 *
   IV  Cornet           292 *     4' Tuba clarion      73 *
   16' Bombarde          73 *
    8' Cor               73          PÉDALE
    8' Basson-hautbois   73
    8' Voix humaine      73      32' Principal Basse   12 q *
    4' Clairon           73 *    16' Flûte ouverte     32
       Trémolo                   16' Bourdon           32
       Octave grave              16' Violon            32 *
       Octave aiguë              16' Bourdon doux      RE *
                                  8' Flûte (ouverte)   12 *
                                  8' Bourdon           12 *
    q  twelve quints              8' Violoncelle       12 *
    *  new                       16' Bombarde          32 *

        [Received from Jeff Scofield December 31, 2018]

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