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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 469 (1911)

First Congregational Church: Sanctuary
137 Algoma Blvd.
Oshkosh, WI

Images

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1912)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Keydesk Attached
3 manuals
35 stops
38 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2005-06-01 - Electrified by unknown in 1959, with new detached console. -Database Manager

2010-06-03 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Renovated by Casavant in 1986, with a new console. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Oshkosh, Wisconsin
     First Congregational Church

     Casavant   Op. 469   1911   3/40

     Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
     St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
     ____________________________________________________

     GREAT (*enclosed in CH)         SWELL
 16' Double Open Diapason 73     16' Gedeckt           73
  8' Open Diapason        73      8' Open Diapason     73
  8' Violin Diapason      73      8' Stopped Diapason  73
  8' Doppleflöte          73      8' Viola di Gamba    73
  8' Dolce                73 *    8' Voix Celeste   tc 61
  4' Octave               73      8' Quintadena        73
  4' Harmonic Flute       73 *    8' Aeoline           73
  2' Super Octave         73 *    4' Violina           73
 IV  Mixture             292 *    4' Flute             73
  8' Trumpet              73 *    2' Fifteenth         73
     Great at Octaves           III  Mixture          219
                                  8' Cornopean         73
     CHOIR                        8' Oboe              73
  8' Open Diapason        73      8' Vox Humana        73
  8' Melodia              73         Tremulant
  8' Violoncello          73         Sub
  8' Dulciana             73         Super
  4' Waldflöte            73
  2' Piccolo              73         PEDAL
  8' Clarinet             73     16' Double Open       32
     Tremulant                   16' Bourdon           32
     Sub                         16' Violone           32
     Super                       16' Gedeckt           SW
                                  8' Flute             12 (Dbl Open)
                                  8' Bourdon           12
                                 16' Trombone          32

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield June 03, 2010.]

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