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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1106 (1925)

Residence: H. R. Austin
Martha's Vineyard
Beach Bluff, MA

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

Images

2018 - Console (Photograph from an archival source: Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018 - Swell shoes (Photograph from an archival source: Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018 - Center console (Photograph from an archival source: Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018 - Right stopjamb (Photograph from an archival source: Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018 - Left stopjamb (Photograph from an archival source: Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1928 - Henry Austin at the console at his residence. A framed photo of George Audsley is on the console. (Photograph by Walter Bart, submitted by Kyle Genesse/Kyle Genesse)

Unknown - Console (Photo from undocumented source/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

4 manuals
56 stops
70 registers
8 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - 8 divisions. Aerial Organ in floor at front of church not operating. In 1990 the 2nd console in chancel was installed from Aeolian Skinner 1953, #1255, (3m-75st) from 1st Presbyterian, Fort Wayne, IN. Relocated to St. Matthew's R. C., Central Falls, RI. -Database Manager

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

2022-11-04 - A letter of May 30, 1983, from Eugène Laplante, Casavant, to Edward Moyette at St. Matthew Church, Central Falls, RI: "The organ was installed in Mr. H. R. Austin's home in Beach Bluff. It bears Casavant Op. number 1106. The console was built by Casavant in 1925. The wind chests, however, were from Casavant Op. 200, built for Centenary Methodist Church, Hamilton, Ontario, in 1904. The old pipework was from a Hook & Hastings tracker which Mr. Austin had bought in Chicago. The newer pipework by supplied by Casavant in 1925." -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

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

        Beach Bluff, Massachusetts
        H. R. Austin Residence
 
        Casavant   Op. 1106   1925   4/60
 
        Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
        St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

        1st MANUAL                          3rd MANUAL (box #1)
    16' Double Diapason     49             (1st Sub-Division)
       (1-12 from PED Bourdon)           8' Geigen Principal   61
     8' Diapason            61           8' Viola da Gamba     61
     8' Doppelflöte         61           8' Viola d'Amore      61
     8' Harmonic Flute      61           8' Salicional         61
     4' Octave              61           8' Voix Céleste       49 tc
 2 2/3' Twelfth             61           4' Salicet            61
     2' Fifteenth           61
   III  Acuta              183              3rd MANUAL (box #3)
     8' Trumpet             61             (2nd Sub-Division)
        Sub                             16' Double Dulciana    61
        Octave                           8' Melodia            61
                                         8' Flute Celeste      61
        2nd MANUAL (box #1)              8' Dulciana           12
       (1st Sub-Division)                8' Aeoline            61
     8' Diapason            61           4' Flauto d'Amore     61
     8' Gedeckt             61           4' Coelestina         12
     8' Quintaton           61           2' Flautino           61
     4' Flute               61       1 1/3' Larigot            61
     4' Violina             61           8' Vox Humana         61
 2 2/3' Nazard              61              Tremolant
     2' Piccolo             61              3rd Manual Sub
 1 3/5' Tierce              61              3rd Manual Super
        2nd Manual Sub                  
        2nd Manual Super                    4th MANUAL (box #4)
                                        16' Contrebasso        61
        2nd MANUAL (box #2)              8' Diapason           61
       (2nd Sub-Division)                8' Viole d'Orchestre  61
     8' Hohlflöte           61           8' Orchestral Flute   61
    16' Contra Fagotto      61           4' Flauto Ottava      61
     8' Cornopean           61           8' Tromba             pf
     8' Oboe                61           8' Orchestral Horn    61
     4' Clarion             61           8' Clarinet           61
        Tremolant                           Tremolant
        Chimes                              4th Manual Sub
                                            4th Manual Super
        PEDAL
    32' Vox Gravissima      --              AERIAL
    16' Diapason            32           8' Flauto Amabile     61
    16' Bourdon             32           8' Violino Sordo      61
    16' Violone             32           8' Unda Maris         61
    16' Bourdon Echo        32           4' Gemshorn Octave    61
    16' Contrabasso         4th          2' Salicetina         61
    16' Dulciana            3rd        III  Viol Cornet       183
10 2/3' Quint                7           8' Oboe d'Amore       61
     8' Octave              12              Tremulant
     8' Flauto I            12              Chimes
     8' Cello               32              Harp
     8' Flauto Dolce        12              Celesta
     4' Viola               12
     4' Flauto Ottava       12
    16' Trombone            32
    16' Contra Fagotto      2nd
     8' Trumpet             12
     8' Bassoon             2nd
        Pedal Divide

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

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