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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 700 (1917)

Emmanuel Church, Episcopal
15 Newbury Street
Boston, MA

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


Images


1917-03-21 - Nave, Gallery, and Organ Case (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

1917-03-21 - Console (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

1917-03-21 - Console (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1990. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - "Designed by Lynnwood Farnham. Chancel organ was rebuilt from the church's previous Hutchings 1890 Op. 216, 3-52. Offered for sale through the Organ Clearing House in 2004." -Database Manager

2009-10-19 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was relocated to Gulangyu Island in China where it resides in an organ museum -- the former villa of a wealthy Chinese merchant -- along with a Norman & Beard relocated from England. The organ(s) were purchased by piano collector Hu Youyin. The Casavant was shipped in 2007. -Database Manager

2010-11-29 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- 52-rank gallery organ located in cases to each side of the gallery window; the 63-rank chancel organ is located in chambers in the front; the 5-rank chapel organ is playable from the Swell manual. -Database Manager

2012-08-07 - Updated through online information from Henry Lachance. -- I occasionally attend this church to hear their Sunday morning Bach Cantata program. -Database Manager

2014-09-16 - Updated through online information from John Buckwalter. -- Moved to China in 2007. Installation (with changes) scheduled for 2017. -Database Manager


Stoplist

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

       Boston, Massachusetts
       Emmanuel Episcopal Church

       Casavant   Op. 700   1917   4/120

       Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
       St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
       _______________________________________________

    *  retained from Geo. S. Hutchings Op. 216 (1890)
       and Op. 444 (1899)

                        GALLERY ORGAN

       GREAT                     CHOIR (encl with Solo)
   16' Contra Gamba    61     8' Stentorphone       73
   16' Bourdon         61     8' Gross Flute        73
    8' Open Diapason 1 61     8' Viole d'Orchestre  73
    8' Open Diapason 2 61     8' Viole Celeste      73
    8' Stopped Flute   61     8' Gemshorn           73
    8' Harmonic Flute  61     8' Quintadena         73 *
5 1/3' Quint           61     4' Harmonic Flute     73
    4' Octave          61     2' Harmonic Piccolo   61
    4' Harmonic Flute  61     8' Orchestral Oboe    61
3 1/5' Tierce          61        Tremulant (CH/SO)
2 2/3' Twelfth         61        Sub
    2' Fifteenth       61        Super
1 3/5' Tierce          61
1 1/7' Septième        61        SOLO
   IV  Mixture        244     8' Tuba Mirabilis     73
   16' Trombone        61     8' Cor Anglais        61
    8' Tromba          61        Sub
    4' Clarion         61        Super
                                 Celesta            61
       SWELL                     Celesta Sub
   16' Bourdon         73
    8' Open Diapason   73        PEDAL
    8' Viole di Gamba  73    32' Bourdon             7 *
    8' Voix Céleste    63    16' Open Flute         32
    8' Stopped Flute   73    16' Open Metal         32
    8' Dolce           73    16' Gamba              GT
    4' Gemshorn        73    16' Bourdon            GT
    4' Traverse Flute  73    16' Echo Bourdon       SW
    2' Flautino        61     8' Open Flute         12
  III  Sesquialtera   183     8' Octave Metal       12
   16' Double Trumpet  73     8' Bourdon            GT
    8' Trumpet         73     8' Echo Bourdon       SW
    8' Oboe            73     4' Open Flute         12
    8' Vox Humana      61 *  32' Contra Trombone    12 GT
    4' Clarion         73    16' Trombone           32
       Tremulant             16' Small Trombone     GT
       Sub                   16' Echo Trombone      SW
       Super                  8' Tromba             12
                              4' Clarion            12

                        CHANCEL ORGAN

    *  new pipework; all other is retained Hutchings pipework
   **  partly new

       GREAT                        SWELL
   16' Dbl Open Diap   61       16' Bourdon           73
    8' Open Diapason 1 61 *      8' Violin Diapason   73
    8' Open Diapason 2 61        8' Spitz Flute       73        
    8' Open Diapason 3 61        8' Salicional        73
    8' Double Flute    61        8' Voix Céleste      61
    8' Stopped Flute   61 *      8' Stopped Flute     73
    4' Octave          61        8' Aeoline           73
    4' Harmonic Flute  61        4' Octave            73
2 2/3' Twelfth         61        4' Violina           73
    2' Fifteenth       61        4' Traverse Flute    73
  III  Mixture        183        2' Piccolo           61
   IV  Mixture        244 *     IV  Mixture          244 *
   16' Trombone        61 **    16' Contra Bassoon    73
    8' Trumpet         61 *      8' Cornopean         73
    4' Clarion         61 *      8' Oboe              73
                                 8' Vox Humana        61 *
       PEDAL                     4' Clarion           73 *
   32' Bourdon          5 **        Tremulant
   16' Open Flute      32           Sub
   16' Open Metal      GT           Super
   16' Violone         32
   16' Bourdon         32           CHOIR
   16' Echo Bourdon    SW       16' Dulciana          61 **
   16' Dulciana        CH        8' Open Diapason     61 *
    8' Open Flute      12        8' Gemshorn          61
    8' Violoncello     12        8' Viola di Gamba    61
    8' Bourdon         12 **     8' Melodia           61
    8' Echo Bourdon    SW        8' Lieblich Gedackt  61 *
    8' Dulciana        CH        8' Dulciana          61
    4' Super Octave    32        8' Unda Maris        49 *
    4' Bourdon         12        4' Gemshorn          61
   32' Bombarde         5 GT **  4' Violina           61 **
   16' Bombarde        32 *      4' Wood Flute        61 **
   16' Trombone        GT    2 2/3' Twelfth           61 *
   16' Bassoon         SW        2' Piccolo           61 *
    8' Tromba          12 *  1 3/5' Tierce            61 *
    4' Clarion         12 *      8' Trumpet           61 *
                                 8' Clarinet          61 *
       CHAPEL (playable on SW)   8' Musette           61 *
    8' Open Diapason   61        4' Clarion           61 *
    8' Salicional      61           Tremulant
    8' Melodia         61           Sub
    4' Octave          61           Super
   16' Pedal Bourdon   27

[Received online from Jeff Scofield  December 4, 2010]

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