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Nave, Gallery, and Organ Case. Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives 1917-03-21

Console. Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives 1917-03-21

Console. Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives 1917-03-21

The organ is in a gallery-level case at the rear of the room. Traditional style console with roll top. The console is in a fixed position, left.

Four manuals. 10 divisions. 136 stops. 107 registers. 120 ranks. 7311 pipes. Manual compass is 61 notes. Pedal compass is 32 notes.

Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests.

Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs. Balanced swell shoes/pedals. Adjustable combination pistons. Concave radiating pedalboard. Combination action thumb pistons. Coupler reversible toe studs.

Notes:

• Status Note: There 1990. (OHS PC Database. 2004-10-30)
• "Designed by Lynwood 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." (OHS PC Database. 2004-10-30)
• Updated through on-line 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. 2009-10-19)
• Updated through on-line 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. 2010-11-29)
• Updated through online information from Henry Lachance. -- I occasionally attend this church to hear their Sunday morning Bach Cantata program. (Database Manager. 2012-08-07)

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• Stoplist copied from the factory specifications
  

• Stoplist copied from the factory specificaitons
  

  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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