1897-05-04 - Organ Case and Keydesk (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1998 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Rebuilt by Berkshire in 1968. -Database Manager
2010-11-29 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Moved to St. Mary's RC Church, Westfield, MA, in 2008. -Database Manager
2012-01-04 - Updated through online information from Bill Czelusniak. -- Emendations here stem from clarifications of our move of this organ. Recit Mixture actually is III, not II as listed, hence the increase in number of ranks and pipes. At the time of the move, this organ was thought to be the oldest surviving Casavant in the U.S. Since then, Opus 74 from Woonsocket RI has been located, saved, and put into restoration (2012) for the South Congregational Church, Amherst, Massachusetts. It is 2m, 16r, identical on paper to Opus 78, save for lack of Pedale Flute 8'. Opus 78 is installed in twin cases; Opus 74 is self-contained in a single casework. -Database Manager
Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Notre Dame R. C.. Pittsfield, MA 1897 Casavant, Op. 78/Berkshire 1968 (Stoplist: Paul Opel 1998) Grand Orgue (58 notes) Montre 8 Mélodie 8 Dulciane 8 (bass from Mélodie) Prestant 4 Récit (58 notes) Principal 8 Bourdon 8 Gambe 8 Voix Céleste 8 (TC) Flute Harmonique 4 Flautino 2 Mixture II Trompette 8 Hautbois 8 (bass from Gambe) Pedale (27 notes) Bourdon 16 Flute 8 Usual couplers Trémolo Octave grave Souffleur 3 combination pedals Swell "en bascule" Original cost: $2,655; The oldest Casavant in the US, tracker, unaltered, in the style of Cavaillé-Coll.
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