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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1102 (1925)

St. Mary Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church
1400 Riverside Ave.
Baltimore, MD

Images

2015-12-12 - Gallery and Organ Case (Photograph by Sean O'Connor/Database Manager)

2024-11-22 - Organ and nave (Catholics of Baltimore vIa Facebook /Paul R. Marchesano)

2024-11-22 - Church interior (Catholic Community of South Baltimore/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

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

Notes

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

2005-11-20 - Updated through online information from David M Storey. -- An excellent organ in an unknown older case. Intact and original Casavant work. -Database Manager

2010-05-02 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2011-11-26 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

2015-06-14 - This entry describes alterations to an existing organ. Identified by Steve Bartley, using information found in Sun Paper May 4, 1875 pg4. -- From the Sun Paper,..... The organ is of great power, 26feet in height, 18 feet in width, with 22 stops, some of which are new. It was built by Heilner and Schumacher, of Baltimore, and cost $3,500. <br> The later Casavant work included the pipes and case front of the organ, and included new chests, winding, console, and some new ranks. -Database Manager

2025-02-14 - This church has been closed by the Archdiocese of Baltimore -David Storey

Stoplist

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

     Baltimore, Maryland
     R. C. Church of St. Mary, Star of the Sea

     Casavant   Op. 1102   1925   3/33

     Courtesy of Casavant Frères Archives
     St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
     ___________________________________________________

     Actual case to be enlarged; display pipes to be
     finished in plain gold bronze.

     GREAT                          SWELL
  8' Open Diapason     73       16' Bourdon           73
  8' Violin Diapason   73        8' Open Diapason     73
  8' Hohlflöte         73        8' Stopped Diapason  73
  8' Gemshorn          73        8' Viola di Gamba    73
  4' Octave            73        8' Voix Céleste      73
  4' Harmonic Flute    73        4' Flauto Traverso   73
  2' Fifteenth         61        2' Piccolo           61
III  Mixture          219      III  Dolce Cornet     219
  8' Trumpet           73        8' Cornopean         73
     Sub                         8' Oboe              73
     Unison Off                  8' Vox Humana        73
     Super                          Tremulant
                                    Sub
     CHOIR                          Unison Off
  8' Geigen Principal  73           Super
  8' Melodia           73
  8' Viole d'Orchestre 73           PEDAL
  8' Dulciana          73       16' Open Diapason     32
  4' Waldflöte         73       16' Bourdon           32
  8' Clarinet          73       16' Gedeckt           SW
     Tremulant                   8' Octave            12 
     Sub                         8' Stopped Flute     12
     Unison Off                 16' Trombone          32
     Super

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield May 02, 2010.]

Stoplist taken from console by John Igoe, October 2008 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

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