Joseph-Claver Casavant

Joseph Claver Casavant (1855 − 10 December 1933) was a Canadian organ builder. He was born in Quebec; his father, Joseph Casavant, was the founder of the organ-manufacturing firm of Casavant Frères. He served an apprenticeship with his father and then went to Europe with his brother, to study organ manufacturing, returning in 1880. He married Evelina Pappineau that year. He was made a Commander of the Order of Gregory the Great in 1925, and died in St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, on 10 December 1933.[1]

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  1. "Joseph C. Casavant, organ builder, dead". New York Times. 11 December 1933. p. 19.
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