Holy Family Catholic Church

518 N. 24th Avenue W.
Duluth, MN 55806

Builder: David Rutford  (1998)
Manuals: 3
Ranks: 25
Action: Electro-pneumatic

Notes: Holy Family was formed with the merger of St. Clement's, St. Jean-Baptiste and SS Peter and Paul, each serving an ethnic community in Duluth's west end. St. Clement's (demolished) was absorbed by St. Jean-Baptiste in 1975. St. Jean and SS Peter & Paul were later merged. In 1996 St. Jean's was demolished and Holy Family was built on that location. (SS Peter & Paul building was sold to Rock Hill Community Church.) The current organ is a merger of the two Casavants from St. Jean (Opus 987, 1923) and SS Peter & Paul (Opus 2444, 1957 originally built for Holy Rosary Cathedral and later replaced by a Sipe organ.)  The Holy Rosary Casavant had many preparations, and its console was retained.
Technical notes: It appears the Rosary Great was retained unchanged. The Rosary Swell became the Choir (with Oboe exchanged for a Clarinet). The Jean-Baptiste Swell was retained. The combined pedal ranks (4) became the new pedal.
--Notes and pictures from Velda Bell and original Casavant documents
Last Update: 5/2016

GREAT ORGAN (Opus 2444)
8' Open Diapason
8' Hohlflute
8' Gemshorn
4' Octave
2' Fifteenth
Great super
 
 
SWELL ORGAN (Opus 987)
16' Bourdon
8' Open Diapason
8' Stopped Diapason
8' Viole de Gambe
8' Voix Celeste
8' Aeoline
4' Harmonic Flute
8' Trumpet
8' Oboe
Tremolo
Swell sub and super
CHOIR ORGAN (Opus 2444 swell)
8' Stopped Diapason
8' Viola da Gamba
4' Octave Geigen
4' Flauto Traverso
8' Clarinet
Tremolo
Choir sub and super
PEDAL ORGAN
16' Open Diapason
16' Bourdon
16' Bourdon (sw)
8' Open Diapason
8' Principal
8' Stopped Flute
4' Super Octave