Casavant organ being built for Concordia
Concordia has begun an organ-building project with Casavant Frères, the oldest continuing name in organ building in North America. This page will present the latest information and photos of the project until its scheduled completion in 2008.
Specifications for the 38-rank organ
Project update
Trucks to arrive in Seward April 22
The new organ is scheduled for completion by early June 2008, and notice has been given for the arrival of the organ in Seward on April 22.
Pre-installation: The new organ will be built completely built in Casavant's shop in Quebec and then disassembled and shipped to Seward for reassembly.
Installation: The installation on campus will take approximately seven weeks, the first 3 weeks for the organ The next four weeks will be spent doing the voicing and tonal finishing of the instrument.
Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR. Organ construction images taken in January and February 2008.
Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR. Images taken fall 2007.