Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Opus 448 (1911)

St-Jean-Baptiste R. C. Church
309, rue Rachel est
Montréal, QC, CA

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

Images

between 1903-1911 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Organs of Quebec, submitted by The Zach/The Zach)

1911 - Drawing of the casework (Photograph from an archival source: Casavant Frères Archives, submitted by The Zach/The Zach)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
58 stops
66 registers
8 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2015-10-03 - Identified through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. -Database Manager

2017-12-14 - The contract specified delivery in February 1911; after being struck by lightning on June 27, 1911, the church was gutted by fire; it was replaced in the new church (which utilized the existing walls) by 4/92 Op. 615 in 1915. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist courtesy of the Casavant FrÃ¨res Archives Date not recorded

       Montréal. Québec
       Église St-Jean Baptiste

       Casavant   Op. 448   1911   4/66
       __________________________________________________

       GRAND ORGUE                   SOLO (expressif)

   16' Montre            65       8' Grosse Flûte      65
    8' 1ère Montre       65       8' Violoncelle       65
    8' 2ième Montre      65       4' Flûte Traverse    65
    8' Principal Etroit  65       2' Piccolo           61
    8' Flûte Double      65       8' Tuba Mirabilis    65
    8' Salicional        65       8' Cor Anglais       65
    8' Bourdon           65          Trémolo
    4' Prestant          65
    4' Flûte Harmonique  65          ECHO (expressif)
2 2/3' Quinte            65
    2' Doublette         61       8' Viole d'Orchestre 61       
    V  Mixture          305       8' Viole Céleste     61
    8' Trompette         65       4' Flûte             61
    4' Clairon           65       8' Voix Humaine      61
                                     Trémolo
       RÉCIT
                                     PÉDALE
   16' Bourdon           65
    8' Principal         65      32' Flûte              6 *
    8' Flûte Harmonique  65      16' Flûte Ouverte     30
    8' Bourdon           65      16' Bourdon           30
    8' Gemshorn          65      16' Violon            30
    8' Viole de Gambe    65      16' Principal         GO
    8' Voix Céleste      53       8' Grosse Flûte      12
    4' Flûte Octaviante  65       8' Bourdon           12
    4' Violon            65       8' Celle             12
    2' Octavin           61       4' Flûte             12
    V  Cornet           325      16' Bombarde          30
   16' Basson            65       8' Trompette         12
    8' Cor               65       4' Clairon           12
    8' Hautbois-Basson   65
    8' Voix Humaine      65          ORGUE DE LA CHAPELLE
       Trémolo
                                     GRAND ORGUE
       POSITIF (expressif)
                                  8' Montre            65
   16' Salicional        65       8' Mélodie           65
    8' Principal         65       8' Dulciane          65
    8' Mélodie           65       4' Prestant          65
    8' Dulciane          65       2' Doublette         61
    4' Violina           65       8' Trompette         65
    4' Flûte Douce       65
    2' Piccolo           61          PÉDALE
    8' Clarinette        65
                                 16' Bourdon           30
    *  polyphonic

         [Received from Jeff Scofield December 14, 2017]