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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2269 (1955)

The Basilica Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Catholic: Gallery organ
200 Military Rd.
St. John's, NL, CA

Images

1989 - Main console (Photograph from an archival source: Frank Kennedy Photo 1989, by permission of the Basilica Heritage Foundation Inc., submitted by John FitzGerald/John FitzGerald)

2023-11-05 - Case from the nave floor (William M. Worden/William M. Worden)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
43 stops
51 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs
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 tutti toe pistons

Main console in organ loft

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
66 stops
66 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
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 1996 -Database Manager

2022-01-29 - Instrument in complete working condition 29 January 2022. -John FitzGerald

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The American Organist</i> February 1956 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       St. John's, Newfoundland
       Basilica Cathedral of St. John the Baptist

       Gallery:    Casavant   Op. 2269   1955   4/51
       Sanctuary:  Casavant   Op. 2270   1955   2/15

       GREAT                       CHOIR
   16' Flute Conique 68         8' Melodia 68
    8' Diapason 68              8' Viola 68
    8' Hohlflöte 68             8' Dulciana 68
    8' Gemshorn 68              8' Unda Maris 61 GG
    4' Octave 68                4' Lieblichflöte 68
    4' Flute d'Amour 68         4' Violina 68
2 2/3' Twelfth 61           2 2/3' Nasard 61
    2' Super Octave 61          2' Piccolo 61
   IV  Mixture 244          1 3/5' Tierce 61
                                8' Clarinet 68
       SANCTUARY GREAT             Tremulant
    8' Diapason 68                 Sub
    8' Melodia 68                  Super
    8' Dulciana 68
    4' Principal 68                SOLO
    4' Rohrflöte 68             8' Gross Flute 68
    2' Fifteenth 61             8' Gamba 68
       Super                    8' Gamba Celeste 68
                                4' Fugara 68
       SWELL                       Tremulant
   16' Bourdon 68               8' Tuba Mirabilis 68
    8' Principal 68                Sub
    8' Stopped Flute 68            Super
    8' Viola da Gamba 68
    8' Voix Celeste 61 GG          PEDAL
    4' Geigen 68               16' Diapason 32 (wood)
    4' Triangular Flute 68     16' Bourdon 32
    2' Flautino 61             16' Flute Conique GT
  III  Cornet 183              16' Bourdon SW
   16' Contra Fagotto 68   10 2/3' Quint 32
    8' Trumpet 68               8' Principal 32
    8' Oboe 68                  8' Bourdon 12
    4' Clarion 68           5 1/3' Quint 12
       Tremulant                4' Principal 12
       Sub                    III  Mixture 96
       Super                   16' Trombone 32
                               16' Contra Fagotto SW
       SANCTUARY SWELL          8' Trombone 12
    8' Principal 68             4' Trombone 12
    8' Bourdon 68
    8' Viola da Gamba 68           SANCTUARY PEDAL
    8' Voix Celeste 61 GG      16' Bourdon 32
    4' Harmonic Flute 68        8' Cello 32
    8' Closed Horn 68           8' Bourdon 12
       Tremulant
       Sub
       Super

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield June 13, 2009. Revised by John FitzGerald 28 January 2022.]

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