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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2420 (1957)

Institut Louis-Braille
Westmount, QC, CA

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
3 stops
21 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
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: None

Notes

2020-09-11 - L'Institut Louis-Braille relocated to Longeueuil in 1960; in 1973, it merged with Institut Nazareth to form Institut Nazaret et Louis-Braille; organ relocated at some point to Eglise Ste-Elisabeth, North Hatley, Québec. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives

       Institut Louis-Braille
       Westmount, Québec

       Casavant   Op. 2420   1957   2/3
       ___________________________________________________

       GRAND ORGUE             RECIT            PEDALE

    8' Montre        61     8' Bourdon      16' Bourdon 12
    8' Flûte bouchée 85     8' Viole         8' Montre
    8' Viole         85     4' Flûte         8' Bourdon
    4' Principal            4' Violina   5 1/3' Quinte
    4' Flûte douce      2 2/3' Nazard        4' Principal
    4' Violina              2' Piccolo       4' Flûte
2 2/3' Quinte                  Trémolo       2' Doublette
    2' Doublette

         [Received from Jeff Scofield September 11, 2020]

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