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Casavant Frères Opus 2578 (2017)

St. Basil's Catholic Church
50 Saint Joseph Street
Toronto, ON, CA

OHS convention: 2023

Images

2009-09-19 - Church exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-12-24 - Interior to front (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2017 - Gallery, organ and Pipe façade (Photograph by Church website, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
47 stops
58 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
Has sequencer
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives, and from the console by John Paul Farahat

        Toronto, Ontario
        St. Basil's Catholic Church

        Casavant       Op. 800    1919   3/48
        Casavant       Op. 2578   1960   Console
        Alan T Jackson/Casavant   1981   3/57
        Casavant                  2017   3/64
        ____________________________________________________

        GREAT                            RÉCIT
    16' Montre              61       16' Bourdon          61
     8' Montre              61        8' Diapason         61
     8' Violon              61        8' Bourdon          61
     8' Flûte               61        8' Viole de Gambe   61
     8' Flûte harmonique    61        8' Voix céleste     61
     8' Cor de chamois      61        4' Octave           61
     4' Prestant            61        4' Flûte ouverte    61
     4' Flûte harmonique    61    2 2/3' Nazard           61
     2' Doublette           61        2' Quarte de nazard 61
  IV-V  Cornet             208    1 3/5' Tierce           61
III-IV  Fourniture   2'    223   III-IV  Plein-Jeu       269
   III  Cymbale      1'    183       16' Basson           61
     8' Trompette           61        8' Trompette        61
     4' Clairon             61        8' Hautbois         61
        Sub                           8' Voix humaine     61
        Unison Off                    4' Clairon          61
        Super                            Tremblant
        Grand Orgue Sostenuto            Sub
                                         Unison Off
        POSITIF (expressive)             Super
    16' Contre Gambe        61           Récit Sostenuto
     8' Principal           61
     8' Bourdon à cheminée  61           PÉDALE
     8' Flûte à cheminée    OC       32' Résultante       12 +
     8' Salicional          61       16' Flûte            32
     8' Unda Maris          61       16' Montre           GO
     4' Prestant            61       16' Soubasse         32
     4' Flûte à fuseau      61       16' Bourdon          RE
     4' Flûte à cheminée    OC       16' Contre Gambe     PO
     2' Flageolet           61       16' Bourdon doux     OC
 1 1/3' Larigot             61   10 2/3' Grande Quinte     7
    IV  Fourniture   1'    244        8' Octave        GO 12
    16' Douçaine            61        8' Flûte             5
     8' Cromorne            61        8' Gambe            PO
        Tremblant                     4' Flûte (Montre)   GO
        Sub                          II  Théorbe          52 #
        Unison Off                   32' Contre Bombarde  12 L/2
        Super                        16' Bombarde         32
        Positif Sostenuto            16' Basson           RE
                                      8' Trompette        12
        ORGUE DE CHOEUR (prep)           Unison Off
          (*non expressive)              Pédale Divided
    16' Bourdon doux      (12) *         Pédale Sostenuto
     8' Principal         (61) *
     8' Flûte à cheminée  (61)        +  Independent Quints
     8' Viole de gambe    (61)        
     8' Voix céleste   tc (49)        #  6 2/5' 1-32
     4' Octave            (61) *         4 4/7' 13-32
     4' Flûte conique     (61)
 2 2/3' Nazard             tc
     2' Principal italien (61) *
 1 3/5' Tierce         tc (49)
 1 1/3' Larigot           (61)
    16' Basson            (61) *
        Tremblant

        250 memory levels
        8 general pistons (thumb and toe)
        5 Pédale divisionals (thumb and toe)
        5 Grand Orgue, Récit, and Positif divisionals (thumb)
        Memory up (thumb)
        Memory down (thumb)
        General next (thumb and toe)
        General previous (thumb and toe)
        Full organ (toe)
        Zimbelstern (toe)
        Adjuster and General cancel (thumb)
        Grand Orgue/Positif transfer

[Received from John Paul Farahat and Jeff Scofield October 14, 2022]

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