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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2270 (1955)

Basilica Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Catholic: Sanctuary Organ
200 Military Rd.
St. John's, NL, CA

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
15 stops
15 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1997 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - [Playable only from gallery console?] -Database Manager

2011-10-04 - Updated through online information from David Drinkell. -- Your account is accurate, except that the Sanctuary organ is playable from its own console as well as from the main gallery console. -Database Manager

2022-01-29 - Playable from its own console (2 manuals, pedals) located behind the High Altar of the Cathedral Basilica, or from the main console of Casavant opus 2269 located in the organ loft of the Basilica. -John FitzGerald

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives

   St. John's, Newfoundland
   St. John the Baptist R. C. Basilica

   Sanctuary Organ

   Casavant   Op. 2270   1955   2/14
   ___________________________________________________________

   GREAT               SWELL                    PEDAL

8' Diapason   68    8' Principal      68    16' Bourdon     32
8' Melodia    68    8' Bourdon        68     8' Violoncello 32
8' Dulciana   68    8' Viola da Gamba 68     8' Bass Flute  12
4' Principal  68    8' Voix Celeste   61
4' Rohr Flute 68    4' Harmonic Flute 68
2' Fifteenth  61    8' Closed Horn    68
   Super               Tremulant
                       Sub
                       Super

          [Received from Jeff Scofield August 5, 2020]

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