Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3145 (1972)

Cathedral of SS. Peter & Paul, Catholic
30 Fenner Street
Providence, RI

Images

c. 2014 - Facade (Photograph from an archival source: Church website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2012-09-12 - Cathedral exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018-04-23 - Cathedral interior (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2018-04-23 - Facade and “en chamade” reeds (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2018-04-23 - Organ case in East Transept (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

Unknown - Organ Case (Photograph by John Berman/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console (Photograph by John Berman/Database Manager)

1971-01-01 - Casavant drawing of proposed case (Digital image by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

4 manuals
73 stops
73 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Stoplist in Richmond. Previously had 1886 Hilbourne Roosevelt, Op. 237 (3-31r )Tr; then Austin Op. 464 3-31s and 2-17s (24r?) Chancel organ. with 2 consoles. -Database Manager

2006-11-14 - Updated through on-line information from Jon A. Swanson. -Database Manager

2008-06-24 - Updated through on-line information from Stephen Hall. -- Organ is located in the North Transept. Organ is in regular use for services (Cathedral webiste, accessed June 2008). -Database Manager

2010-03-29 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2014-12-29 - Updated through online information from John Berman. -- It should be noted that the cathedral and the organ were both renovated during 2013 in anticipation of the 2014 celebration of the 125th anniversary of the cathedral's consecration in 1889. The organ's pipework was removed during the renovation work on the building, and received a thorough cleaning. Some minor repair work was also done. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Providence, Rhode Island
       Cathedral of SS. Peter & Paul

       Casavant   Op. 3145   1972   4/125

       Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
       St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

       GRAND ORGUE                       RÉCIT
   16' Montre             56         16' Bourdon            56
   16' Bourdon            56          8' Flûte bouchée      56
    8' Montre             56          8' Salicional         56
    8' Flûte à cheminée   56          8' Viole de Gambe     56
    8' Flûte harmonique   56          8' Voix céleste       44 tc
5 1/3' Grosse Nasard      56          4' Principal étroit   56
    4' Prestant           56          4' Flûte traversière  56
    4' Flûte ouverte      56          2' Flûte conique      56
3 1/5' Grosse Tierce      56          V  Cornet  37 notes  185
2 2/3' Nasard             56          V  Plein Jeu         280
    2' Doublette          56        III  Petite Fourniture 168
    2' Quarte de Nasard   56         16' Basson             56
1 3/5' Tierce             56          8' Hautbois           56
    V  Cornet  37 notes  185          8' Voix Humaine       56
   IV  Grosse Fourniture 224          4' Clairon            56
   IV  Fourniture        224             Tremblant
   IV  Cymbale           224
   16' Bombarde           56             POSITIF
    8' Trompette          56         16' Quintaton          56
    4' Clairon            56          8' Montre             56
                                      8' Bourdon            56
       PÉDALE                         4' Prestant           56
   32' Soubasse  (w)      32          4' Flûte              56
   16' Motnre             32      2 2/3' Nasard             56
   16' Soubasse  (w)      32          2' Doublette          56
    8' Prestant           32          2' Quarte de Nasard   56
    8' Bourdon            32      1 3/5' Tierce             56
    8' Flûte     (w)      32      1 1/3' Larigot            56
5 1/3' Quinte             32         IV  Fourniture        224
    4' Octave             32         IV  Cymbale           224
    4' Flûte              32         16' Douçaine           56
    2' Flûte              32          8' Cromorne           56
   VI  Fourniture        192          4' Petite Trompette   56
   32' Bombarde  L/2      32             Tremblant
   16' Bombarde           32
   16' Basson             32             BOMBARDE
         (cylindrical)                V  Cornet  49 notes  245
    8' Trompette          32       VIII  Plein Jeu         448
    4' Clairon            32       VIII  Harmoniques       448
    2' Chalumeau          32         16' Bombarde           61 en-chamade
                                      8' Trompette          61 en-chamade
                                      4' Clairon            61 en-chamade

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 29, 2010.]