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Casavant Frères Ltée. (Opus 2847, 1965)

Location:

Sinsinawa Dominican Motherhouse
585 County Road Z
Sinsinawa, WI 53824 US
Queen of the Rosary Chapel
Organ ID: 35863

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Convents, Monasteries, and the like
  • The organ has been renovated with changes from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: EP pitman
  • 34 ranks. 1,652 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 26 stops. 28 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): EP pitman chests
  • Position: Pipes exposed (in whole or in part) in a gallery at the rear of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 26
  • Registers: 28
  • Position: Movable console.
  • Manual Compass: 56
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style without cover.
  • Stop Controls: Tilting/rocking tablets above top manual.
  • Combination Action: Computerized/Digital system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has a Piston Sequencer
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on June 05, 2010:

Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Official name of the group is now the Dominican Education Center.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on June 04, 2010:

Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Console renovated by Casavant in 2009 with preparations made for future additions.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on July 05, 2008:

Identified through online information from Paul Marchesano.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist copied from the factory specifications
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Chapel Interior: Photograph by Stephen Schnurr. Taken on 2008-07-04

Organ and exposed pipes: Photograph by Corey Coyle via Wikimedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2013-10-01

Chapel interior: Photograph from an archival source: Digital Dubuque, Chapel Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2016-05-22

Chapel exterior: Photograph from an archival source: Chapel Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2021-01-26

Chapel exterior: Photograph from an archival source: Chapel Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2014-06-05

Chapel interior: Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2022-06-29

Console and exposed pipes: Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2022-06-29

Organ gallery: Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2022-06-29

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