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Photo: Pasi Organ Builders.

Photo: Pasi Organ Builders

Omaha, USA (Nebraska) - Saint Cecilia Cathedral
Municipal: Omaha
Region:Douglas County
Address: 701 North 40th Street, 68131, Omaha, NE
Website: https://stceciliacathedral.org/

Description nr.: 2010379.

Built by: Pasi Organ Builders (2003) - opus 14


Martin Pasi built a special organ for Saint Cecilia Cathedral in Omaha, Nebraska. Of the 51 stops, 27 are equipped with 20 pipes per octave, which means that they can be selected in both equal temperament as in a meantone temperament. The Positive is entirely constructed like this. On the Great and Pedal divisions a large part of the registers are constructed this way. In the specification, these stops are marked with an asterisk (*).

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great Organ14
- Positive12
- Swell Organ15
- Pedal Organ13 (10)
Total number of stops54 (51)
Key actionMechanical
Stop actionElectrical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Praestant * 16', Octave * 8', Rohrflöte * 8', Salicional 8', Octave * 4', Spitzflöte 4', Quinte * 2 2/3', Superoctave * 2', Cornet 5 ranks (8'), Mixture * 5 ranks (1 1/3'), Trumpet * 16', Trompette 8', Trumpet * 8', Vox Humana * 8'.
Positive * (C-a'''): Praestant 8', Suavial 8' (discant), Gedeckt 8', Octave 4', Rohrflöte 4', Octave 2', Waldflöte 2', Quinte 1 1/3', Sesquialtera 2 ranks, Mixture 4 ranks (1'), Dulzian 16', Trichterregal 8'.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Bourdon 16', Principal 8', Harmonic Flute 8', Gamba 8', Celeste 8' (from c°), Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Octavin 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Mixture 5 ranks (2'), Bassoon 16', Trompette 8', Oboe 8', Clairon 4'.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Subbass 32', Praestant * 16', Subbass 16' - extension, Octave 8' - transmission, Gedeckt 8', Octave * 4', Mixture * 5 ranks, Trombone 32', Posaune 16' - transmission, Trumpet * 8', Trompette 8', Clairon 4', Cornet * 2'.
Other stops: Zimbelstern, Rossignol.
Couplers: Positive to Great, Swell to Great, Swell to Positive, Great to Pedal, Positive to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
Accessories: Tremulant.

Literature
  • Mean and keen / Jonathan Ambrosino. - In: Choir & Organ, November/December 2006.
  • Reflections on the Philosophical, Metaphysical and Practical Aspects of Dual Temperament in the Pasi Organ at St. Cecilia’s Cathedral, Omaha, Nebraska / Herbert L. Huestis. - In: The Diapason, 96st Year, No. 7, July 2005.
Recordings
  • Dietrich Buxtehude : Organ Music * 7 / Julia Brown. - Naxos 8.570312 (CD). - 2007.
  • Widor : Organ Favourites / Robert Delcamp. - Naxos 8.570310 (CD). - 2007.
  • Dietrich Buxtehude : Organ Music * 6 / Julia Brown. - Naxos 8.570311 (CD). - 2007.
  • Dietrich Buxtehude : Organ Music * 5 / Julia Brown. - Naxos 8.557555 (CD). - 2006.
  • George Ritchie Plays J. S. Bach - Volume 6 : Youthful Brilliance / George Ritchie. - Raven OAR-740 (CD). - 2004. - Recorded in Omaha and Saint Paul.
Links https://www.sjaorgans.org/pasi-opus-14