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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3353 (2021)

St. Peter Catholic Cathedral
230 West 10th Street
Erie, PA

Images

2019-06-07 - Cathedral exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-02-04 - Console, case pedestal, and chamade (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1978 - Cathedral interior to gallery, organ and exposed pipes (Photograph by Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-09-27 - Great pipework (Eric Miller/Eric Miller)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
56 stops
65 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
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: Computerized/Digital
Syndyne MS-8400
Has sequencer
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2021-01-12 - As part of a major Cathedral renovation program, the entire organ was removed in 2020 and returned to the Casavant factory for complete cleaning, renovation and console rebuild, with some minor tonal changes. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of Casavant Frères

       Erie, Pennsylvania
       St. Peter Catholic Cathedral

       Casavant   Op. 3353   1978   3/82
       Casavant   Op. 3353   2021   3/80
       ___________________________________________________________

       GRAND ORGUE                         POSITIF

   16' Violon               61          8' Montre               61
    8' Montre               61          8' Bourdon              61
    8' Violon     (new)     12          8' Flûte céleste II    dig a
    8' Flûte harmonique     61          4' Prestant             61
    8' Flûte à cheminée     61          4' Flûte à cheminée     61
    4' Prestant             61      2 2/3' Nasard               61
    4' Flûte conique        61          2' Doublette            61
2 2/3' Quinte               61          2' Quarte de nasard     61
    2' Doublette            61      1 3/5' Tierce               61
    V  Cornet  (from A22)  200      1 1/3' Larigot              61
   VI  Fourniture  1 1/2'  366          1' Sifflet              61
   IV  Cymbale     2/3'    244          V  Fourniture    1'    305 d
   16' Bombarde             61          8' Trompette            61
    8' Trompette            61          8' Cromorne             61
    4' Clairon              61          4' Clairon              61
    8' Trompette-en-Chamade 61             Tremblant
       Unison Off                          Sub
                                           Unison Off
       RECIT                           16' Trompette-en-Chamade tc c
                                        8' Trompette-en-Chamade GO c
   16' Bourdon doux         61
    8' Principal étroit     61             PEDALE
    8' Bourdon              61
    8' Viole de gambe       61         32' Montre              dig a
    8' Voix céleste         61         32' Bourdon             dig a
    8' Flûte céleste II    dig a       16' Montre               32
    4' Octave               61         16' Soubasse             32
    4' Flûte octaviante     61         16' Violon               GO
2 2/3' Nasard               61         16' Bourdon doux         RE
    2' Octavin              61     10 2/3' Quinte  (Violon)     GO
1 3/5' Tierce               61          8' Octavebasse          32
    V  Plein Jeu   2'      305 b        8' Bourdon              32
   16' Basson               61          4' Octave               32
    8' Trompette            61          4' Flûte                32
    8' Hautbois             61          V  Fourniture  2 2/3'  160 d
    8' Voix humaine         61         32' Contre bombarde L/2  32
    4' Clairon              61         32' Contre trompette    dig a
       Tremblant                       16' Bombarde             32
       Sub                             16' Bombarde             GO
       Unison Off                      16' Basson               RE
       Super                            8' Trompette            32
    8' Trompette-en-Chamade GO c        4' Clairon              32
                                        8' Trompette-en-Chamade GO

    a  digital stops added by another builder; the two Flûte
       céleste stops are each of a different tone
    b  recomposed using existing pipes
    c  not affected by couplers
    d  tonally rebalanced on site 

             [Received from Jeff Scofield January 12, 2021]

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