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Casavant (1920)

St-Charles (Limoilou)
500, 8e Avenue
Quebec City, QC, CA

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

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
40 stops
45 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Has crescendo
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2015-10-06 - Identified through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. The cost was $ 12,243.00. -Database Manager

2018-11-26 - Op. 817 replaced two previous Casavants that had been destroyed by fire; the church closed in April 2014 and the organ was relocated to a church in Norway. -Database Manager

2019-02-02 - Updated by René Le Grand <br> <br>The municipality of Limoilou, founded in 1893, was annexed to Québec in 1909.<br>In the FINAL NOTE, we should read \"the church closed in April 2012 and the organ was relocated to the St. Paul Church, in Bergen/HORDALAND county, in Norway\".<br>(https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vieux-Limoilou) -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Québec (Limoilou), Québec
       Église St-Charles

       Casavant   Op. 817   1920   3/45
       _________________________________________________

       GRAND ORGUE                  POSITIF

   16' Montre            68      8' Principal Étroit  68
    8' Montre            68      8' Mélodie           68
    8' Flûte Double      68      8' Dulciane          68
    8' Gemshorn          68      4' Flûte Douce       68
    8' Flûte à Cheminée  68      2' Flageolet         61
    4' Prestant          68      8' Clarinette        68
    4' Flûte Harmonique  68         Trémolo
2 2/3' Nazard            68         Sub
    2' Doublette         61         Super
  III  Mixture          204
    8' Trompette         68         SOLO (floating)
       Super
                                 8' Stentorphone      68
       RÉCIT                     8' Grosse Flûte      68
                                 8' Viole d'Orchestre 68
   16' Bourdon           68      8' Viole Céleste     68
    8' Principal         68      8' Flûte de Concert  68
    8' Bourdon           68      8' Tuba              68
    8' Viole de Gambe    68      8' Cor Anglais       68
    8' Voix Céleste      56         Trémolo
    4' Flûte Traverse    68
    4' Gambette          68         PÉDALE
    2' Piccolo           61
   IV  Cornet           272     32' Principal Basse  res
    8' Cor (medium)      68     16' Flûte Ouverte     30
    8' Hautbois Français 68     16' Bourdon           30
    8' Voix Humaine      68     16' Violon            30
       Trémolo                  16' Bourdon Doux      RE
       Sub                       8' Flûte             12
       Super                     8' Violoncelle       12
                                 8' Bourdon           12
                                16' Bombarde          30

         [Received from Jeff Scofield November 26, 2018]

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