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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 469 (1986)

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
37 stops
42 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled 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: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2005-06-01 - Factory renovation of the 1911 Casavant Op. 469 with new console. -Database Manager

2010-06-03 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Oshkosh, Wisconsin
       First Congregational Church

       Casavant   Op. 469   1911/1986   3/40

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

       Specifications for the new console

       GREAT (*encl in CH)            SWELL
       Blank                      16' Bourdon         73
   16' Montre            73        8' Principal       73
    8' Montre            73        8' Bourdon         73
    8' Violon            73        8' Viole de gambe  73
    8' Flûte double      73        8' Voix céleste tc 61
    8' Dolce             73 *      8' Quintaton       73
    4' Octave            73        4' Principal       73
    4' Flûte harmonique  73 *      4' Flûte           73
    2' Super Octave      73 *  2 2/3' Nazard          73
   IV  Fourniture       292 *      2' Flageolet       73
    8' Trompette         73 *  1 3/5' Tierce          61
       Blank                     III  Mixture        219
       Sub                         8' Cornopean       73
       Unison Off                  8' Oboe            73
       Super                       8' Vox humana      73
                                      Tremolo
       CHOIR                          Sub
       Blank                          Unison Off
    8' Principal         73           Super
    8' Flûte             73
    8' Violon            73           PEDAL
    4' Prestant          73       16' Flûte           32
    4' Flauto traverso   73       16' Bourdon         32
    2' Piccolo           73       16' Violon          32
1 1/3' Larigot           73       16' Bourdon doux    SW
       Blank                  10 2/3' Grosse quinte   --
       Blank                       8' Flûte           12
    8' Clarinet          73        8' Bourdon         12
       Tremolo                        Blank
       Sub                            Blank
       Unison Off                     Blank
       Super                      16' Bombarde        32
                                   8' Trumpet         SW
                                      Blank
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[Received on line from Jeff Scofield June 03, 2010.]

Websites

1911 Casavant Freres Organ, Op. 469 - Photographs, stoplist and brief history. (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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