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Casavant Frères Ltée. (Opus 2641, 1961)

Location:

St. Bernard Catholic Church
311 Washington Road
Pittsburgh: Mount Lebanon, PA 15216 US
Organ ID: 26420

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ has been rebuilt or substantially revised.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jeff Scofield on January 08, 2021.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: EP pitman
  • 96 ranks. 5,211 pipes. 6 divisions. 3 manuals. 65 stops. 65 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): EP pitman chests
  • Position: Pipes exposed (in whole or in part) at the front of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 6
  • Stops: 65
  • Registers: 65
  • Position: Movable console.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on May 07, 2017:

Rebuilt by Emery Brothers with electronic additions.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 28, 2010:

Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- New four-manual console and many digital stops added in 2007, builder not documented.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on June 20, 2007:

Identified through online information from Stanley R. Scheer. -- The main organ is located at the front of the church with the Grand Orgue, Positif and Pédale exposed above the Récit. The Antiphonal is located in a shallow gallery at the back of the nave. Once functionally displayed, the the flue stops have since been gathered into a rudimentary case.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on February 11, 2019.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist and notes from Stanley R. Scheer
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Console: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 1995-09-26

Chancel and exposed pipework: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2019-12-01

Church interior to rear and Antiphonal: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2018-01-04

Church interior to front: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2019-04-21

Church exterior: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2017-04-04

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Chancel space before 2006.: Photograph from an archival source: Casavant, submitted by Benjamin Sommer. Taken approx. Pre-2006 rebuild

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