1997 Casavant Freres  56 ranks This 3-manual organ was designed with the Cavaille-Coll organ as general guide, but also can adapt to playing much of the early German literature. It has a generous amount of reeds for its size, with three different 8' trumpet stops in the manuals (one on each). The tone of the trumpet reeds is well rounded and powerful due to higher pressures and double length resonators for  the trumpet harmonique in the swell.  The trumet royale (loudest stop) solo stop in the Choeur is voiced on a moderate 7 inches of wind pressure.  Other parts of the organ are winded on 4 and 5 inches.  The reeds on this organ are very characteristic of Cavaille-Coll. Other notable stops are the Flute Harmonique 8' on the Great (called Grand Orgue), and the Cor de Nuit 8' (Nachthorn-- one of Jill's favorite stops!) included in the Choeur division (Choir), both very beautifully voiced stops which are commonly found in French organs.  The pedal includes a 32' soubasse, and a 32 bombarde.  The soubasse is a digital stop, and produces a wonderful effect (it uses an 8 foot tall speaker!).  The 32' bombarde is an extension from the 16', and both are very powerful, thunderous stops, providing an excellent bottom end for full organ combinations.  The pedal also of course includes a principal chourus (from 16' to octave 4' ), the pipes of which are located on the facade.  The organ was built in Casavant's factory in St. Hyacinthe, Canada.

This is Scott(acting silly) at the organ's console. I'll get a picture of the façad up soon.