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Casavant Opus 381 (1909)

Cathédrale St-Jean-Baptiste
671, boul. Louis-FrÃ©chette
Nicolet, QC, CA

Images

after 1911 - Original organ case in the fourth cathedral church building (Photograph from an archival source: Unknown, submitted by Stephen St.Denis/Stephen St.Denis)

between 1909 and 1911 - Postcard of the fourth cathedral church building where the organ was originally installed (Photograph from an archival source: Unknown, submitted by Stephen St.Denis/Stephen St.Denis)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
40 stops
44 registers
5 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
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2015-10-04 - Identified through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. -Database Manager

2017-09-05 - On November 12, 1955, a large mudslide destroyed or seriously damaged buildings adjacent to the cathedral, so, concerned about the unstable ground, the cathedral was demolished after the organ was removed to storage. A new contemporary 1400-seat cathedral was completed in 1963 and the organ reinstalled by Odilon Jacques in a transept behind a facade of mostly non-playing Montre pipes; a US supply house 3-manual console was installed at that time; after subsequent renovations and changes, as well as a new terraced 3-manual console, the organ now is a 3/43. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

     Nicolet, Québec
     Cathédrale St-Jean-Baptiste

     Casavant   Op. 381   1909   4/44
     ____________________________________________________

     GRAND ORGUE                  POSITIF

 16' Montre            65      8' Principal            61
  8' Montre forte      65      8' Mélodie              61
  8' Montre douce      65      8' Dulciane             61
  8' Gambe             65      4' Flûte Traverse       61
  8' Flûte double      65      2' Piccolo              61
  8' Gemshorn          65      8' Clarinette           61
  4' Prestant          65
  4' Flûte Harmonique  65         SOLO
  2' Doublette         61
III  Mixture          195      8' Flûte Ouverte        65
  8' Trompette         65      8' Violoncelle          65
     Super                     4' Flûte Traversière    65
                               8' Tuba Mirabilis       65
     RÉCIT                     8' Hautbois d'Orchestre 65
                                  Trémolo
 16' Bourdon           61
  8' Principal         61         PÉDALE
  8' Flûte Harmonique  61
  8' Bourdon           61     32' Flûte  (polyphone)   --
  8' Gambe             61     16' Flûte Ouverte        30
  8' Céleste           59     16' Bourdon              30
  4' Flûte Octaviante  61     16' Violon               30
  4' Violon            61      8' Flûte                12
  2' Octavin           61      8' Bourdon              12
III  Cornet           183      8' Violoncelle          30
  8' Trompette         61     16' Bombarde             30
  8' Hautbois-Basson   61      8' Trompette            12
  8' Voix Humaine      61
     Trémolo

        [Received from Jeff Scofield September 5, 2017]

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