Pipe Organ Database

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Casavant Frères (Opus 3907, 2016)

Exhibited in the 2023 OHS convention(s)

Location:

St. Michael's Roman Catholic Cathedral
200 Church Street
Toronto, ON M5B 1X5 CA
Organ ID: 58668

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ is unaltered 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 Paul R. Marchesano on August 10, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider with electro-pneumatic (EP) pallets (Blackinton-type)
  • 76 ranks. 4,143 pipes. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 56 stops. 76 registers.
Great:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider with electro-pneumatic (EP) pallets (Blackinton-type) chests
  • Position: Exposed pipes or case front visible in a gallery at the rear of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on March 31, 2023.

Swell (Expressive):
  • Chest Type(s): Slider with electro-pneumatic (EP) pallets (Blackinton-type) chests
  • Position: Exposed pipes or case front visible in a gallery at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Casavant Frères
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on March 31, 2023.

Choir (Expressive):
  • Chest Type(s): Slider with electro-pneumatic (EP) pallets (Blackinton-type) chests
  • Position: Exposed pipes or case front visible in a gallery at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Casavant Frères
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on March 31, 2023.

Pedal:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider with electro-pneumatic (EP) pallets (Blackinton-type) chests
  • Position: Exposed pipes or case front visible in a gallery at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Casavant Frères
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on March 31, 2023.
Main - gallery:
  • Built by Casavant Frères
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 56
  • Registers: 76
  • 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: 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 Combination Action Toe Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has a Piston Sequencer
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on March 31, 2023.
Jim Stettner on March 31, 2023:

This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified from the builder's website and opus list.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on March 31, 2023.
Stoplist courtesy of the Casavant Freres Archives: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on February 22, 2019.

Instrument Images:

Nave interior, gallery cases and en-chamade: Photograph courtesy of Casavant Freres.

Organ in rear gallery: Photograph by Paul Cormack - Concrete Pictures; , submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. Sept. 2016

En Chamade pipes projecting off of rear gallery: Photograph by Paul Cormack - Concrete Pictures, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. Sept. 2016

Aerial view of Basilica: Photograph from an archival source: https://www.musiqueorguequebec.ca, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. Date unknown

Organ in rear gallery: Photograph from an archival source: 2023 OHS Handbook, Len Levasseur, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano. Taken on 2022-06-15