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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2018 (1950)

Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church
150 West 71st Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY

Images

2011-03-16 - Organ Case (Photograph by John Rust, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2011-03-16 - Gallery and organ case (Photograph by John Rust, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2011-03-16 - Church interior to front and altar (Photograph by John Rust, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1950-08-11 - Console (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
44 stops
36 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1995. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Rebuild of 1926/1936 Estey (4-87rk, 99st) [or replacement?] Playable in 1995 but needs repairs. -Database Manager

2010-08-18 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Retained many stops from 1925/1937 4/86 Estey Op. 2420 that was damaged beyond repair by water leaks; the Casavant enclosed Great used the former Solo box. -Database Manager

2016-03-23 - Rebuilt by James A. Konzelman Organs in 2005. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed specification Source: Factory Specification, courtesy Stanley Scheer Date not recorded

New York City, New York
Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church

Casavant Frères Ltée   Opus 2018   1950   3 manuals, 45 registers, 36 stops, 45 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN (7" pressure)                   SWELL ORGAN (6" pressure)
     16' Double Open Diapason     68             16' Bourdon                  68
      8' Open Diapason No. 1      68              8' Open Diapason            68
      8' Open Diapason No. 2      68              8' Gedeckt                  68
      8' Stopped Diapason         68              8' Salicional               68
      8' Gemshorn                 68              8' Voix Celeste (GG)        61
      4' Octave                   61              4' Octave                   68
         Grave Mixture II        122              4' Flauto Traverso          68
         Mixture V               305              2' Fifteenth                61
      8' Trumpet                  68                 Mixture V               305
         Chimes (Ch)                             16' Contra Fagotto           68
                                                  8' Cornopean                68
         CHOIR ORGAN (6" pressure)                8' Oboe                     68
     16' Contra Viole             80              4' Clarion                  68
      8' Diapason                 68                 Tremulant
      8' Processional Diapason    61*
      8' Concert Flute            68                 PEDAL ORGAN
      8' Viole (fr. 16')          --             32' Contra Bourdon           56
      8' Erzähler                 68             16' Open Diapason            32
      4' Fugara                   68             16' Bourdon (fr. 32')        --
      4' Silver Flute             68             16' Bourdon (Sw)             --
      2' Piccolo                  61             16' Violone                  44
      8' Clarinet                 68             16' Contra Viole (Ch)        --
         Tremulant                               16' Open Diapason (Gt)       --
         Chimes (Deagan)          25 tubes        8' Stopped Flute (fr. 32')  --
         * in Sanctuary                           8' Cello (fr. Violone)      --
                                                  8' Principal                44
                                                  4' Diapason (fr. Principal) --
                                                 16' Fagotto (Sw)             --
                                                 16' Trombone                 32
                                                     Chimes (Ch)

         ADJUSTABLE COMBINATION PISTONS              COUPLERS
         Great        5  (thumb)                     Great to Pedal      8
         Swell        5  (thumb)                     Swell to Pedal      8  4
         Choir        5  (thumb)                     Choir to Pedal      8  4
         Pedal        5  (toe)                       Swell to Great  16  8  4
         General      6  (toe)                       Choir to Great  16  8  4
         Adjuster        (thumb)                     Swell to Choir  16  8  4
         Release         (thumb)                     Choir to Swell      8
                                                     Great to Great         4
         REVERSIBLES                                 Swell to Swell  16     4
         Great to Pedal  (thumb & toe)               Choir to Choir  16     4
         Swell to Pedal  (thumb)
         Choir to Pedal  (thumb)                     BALANCED PEDALS
         Swell to Great  (thumb)                     Great Expression
         Choir to Great  (thumb)                     Swell Expression
         Swell to Choir  (thumb)                     Choir Expression
         Full Organ      (thumb & foot)              Crescendo

         INDICATORS
         Crescendo
         Full Organ
         Wind
         Voltmeter


[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-11-06]

Websites

Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church - Console photograph, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#58061 - James A. Konzelman (2005)