Casavant Frères Ltée.
Opus 184, 1903
Originally Hook & Hastings (Opus 1022, 1881)
St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church
30 West 16th Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY, US
82 Ranks - 4,697 Pipes
Instrument ID: 47061 ● Builder ID: 1116 ● Location ID: 9485
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional Without Cover
Pedalboard Type: Unknown
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)30 Note Pedal5 Divisions70 Stops70 RegistersElectrical Key Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Unknown
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Jeff Scofield on November 3rd, 2020:
By Steven E. Lawson via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project website: In 1902, Casavant Frères was engaged to electrify, rebuild and enlarge the 1881 E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings organ in the gallery. The contract, dated September 24, 1902, shows that Casavant would install electro-pneumatic action, add four new stops in the Solo and six additional couplers, and rebuild the console. Casavant also extended the manual ranks to 61 notes (with 65 pipes for the Solo ranks) and lowered the pitch to "International" A=435. At a total cost of $6,350, the organ was to be installed and working on or before the 8th day of September 1903. In a memo on the same day, the Rev. David W. Hearns, S.J., Rector of the church, approved the addition of a Cor Anglais stop for the sum of $150. Sadly, this grand organ was removed in October 1957 and was replaced by a Geo. Kilgen & Son organ having only 21 ranks.
By Steven E. Lawson via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project website: In 1902, Casavant Frères was engaged to electrify, rebuild and enlarge the 1881 E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings organ in the gallery. The contract, dated September 24, 1902, shows that Casavant would install electro-pneumatic action, add four new stops in the Solo and six additional couplers, and rebuild the console. Casavant also extended the manual ranks to 61 notes (with 65 pipes for the Solo ranks) and lowered the pitch to "International" A=435. At a total cost of $6,350, the organ was to be installed and working on or before the 8th day of September 1903. In a memo on the same day, the Rev. David W. Hearns, S.J., Rector of the church, approved the addition of a Cor Anglais stop for the sum of $150. Sadly, this grand organ was removed in October 1957 and was replaced by a Geo. Kilgen & Son organ having only 21 ranks.
Database Manager on November 13th, 2010:
Updated through online information from Connor Annable.
Database Manager on August 12th, 2010:
Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- This was a rebuild of the gallery 1881 E G & G Hook Op. 1022; replaced in 1957 by 3/21 Kilgen Op. 7813, which was removed in 2009 to permit air-conditioning equipment to be installed behind the Hook case; in 2010, 3/52 Peragallo Op. 700 was installed in the chancel with digital stops inside the gallery case.
Webpage Links: St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church [NYC AGO Organ Project Web Site]
Related Instrument Entries: E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings (Opus 1022, 1881)
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