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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2724 (1962)

Trinity Lutheran Church: Sanctuary
3223 University Avenue
Des Moines, IA

Images

2023-08-06 - Manuals (Photograph by Jeremiah Bolin/Jeremiah Bolin)

2023-08-06 - Swell and Pedal division drawnobs (Photograph by Jeremiah Bolin/Jeremiah Bolin)

2023-08-06 - Great division drawnobs (Photograph by Jeremiah Bolin/Jeremiah Bolin)

2023-08-06 - Organ console (Photograph by Jeremiah Bolin/Jeremiah Bolin)

2023-08-06 - West pipework, looking towards northeast (lectern side) (Photograph by Jeremiah Bolin/Jeremiah Bolin)

2023-08-06 - Organ pipework, looking towards the northwest (from behind the puplit) (Photograph by Jeremiah Bolin/Jeremiah Bolin)

2023-08-06 - Front of Organ and Swell chest, lookup up from behind the console (Photograph by Jeremiah Bolin/Jeremiah Bolin)

2023-08-06 - Builder's Plate and couplers (Photograph by Jeremiah Bolin/Jeremiah Bolin)

2023-08-06 - Front of Sanctuary - organ is behind the black screen. Some unexpressed pipes visible (Photograph by Jeremiah Bolin/Jeremiah Bolin)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
24 stops
26 registers
3 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2006-09-23 - Fagott added later - it is not on the combination action. -Database Manager

2010-05-28 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- 56-note Fagott unit in Pedal with mechanisms built by Casavant, but installation was not included; the stops were controlled by tablets located with the couplers and not operable on the combinations. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Des Moines, Iowa
    Trinity Lutheran Church

    Casavant   Op. 2724   1963   2/32

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

    * Pedal Fagott unit added in 1974 and not on combinations

    GREAT                   SWELL                    PEDAL
16' Quintade    61       8' Salicional     61    16' Contrabass     32
 8' Principal   61       8' Salicional Cel 54    16' Subbass        32
 8' Rohrflöte   61       8' Gedackt        61     8' Spitzprincipal 32
 4' Octave      61       4' Koppelflöte    61     8' Gedackt        32
 4' Spitzflöte  61   2 2/3' Nazard         61     4' Choralbass     32
 2' Blockflöte  61       2' Principal      61     4' Rohrflöte      32
IV  Mixture    244     III  Cymbal        183    IV  Mixture       128
 8' Trompette   61       8' Oboe           61    16' Fagott         32 *
    Chimes                  Tremulant             8' Fagott         12 *
                                                  4' Fagott         12 *

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield May 28, 2010.]

Websites

Trinity Lutheran Church - LCMS (Des, Moines, IA) YouTube Archives - Archived livestreams of services, including the organ played in leading the congregation's singing. (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)