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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2085 (1951)

First Congregational Church: Meetinghouse
292 E. Market Street
Akron, OH

Images

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1911)/Database Manager)

1951-06-01 - Chamber Grille and Choir Loft (Photo courtesy of Casavant Frères/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
49 stops
62 registers
6 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)
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

2007-02-04 - Rebuilt by Casavant in 2006. -Database Manager

2009-06-20 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2011-01-16 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Akron, Ohio
       First Congregational Church

       Casavant   Op. 2085   1951   4/65

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

       GREAT                        SWELL
   16' Quintaton        61      16' Flûte Conique    68
    8' Diapason         61       8' Geigen Principal 68
    8' Bourdon          61       8' Stopped Diapason 68
    8' Gemshorn         61       8' Salicional       68
    4' Octave           61       8' Viola da Gamba   68
    4' Rohrflöte        61       8' Voix Céleste  GG 61 
2 2/3' Octave Quint     61       4' Octave Geigen    68
    2' Superoctave      61       4' Traverse Flute   68
   IV  Fourniture      244   2 2/3' Twelfth          61
  III  Cymbal          183       2' Fifteenth        61
       Great Super              IV  Plein Jeu       244
       Chimes                   16' Contra Fagotto   68
                                 8' Trumpet          68
       CHOIR                     8' Oboe             68
    8' Viola            68       4' Clarion          68
    8' Cor de Nuit      68          Tremulant
    8' Spitzflöte       68          Sub
    8' Flûte Céleste GG 61          Super
    4' Gemshorn         68
    4' Koppelflöte      68          PEDAL
2 2/3' Nazard           61      16' Contrebasse      32
    2' Blockflöte       61      16' Bourdon          32
1 3/5' Tierce           61      16' Violone          32
    8' Clarinet         68      16' Quintaton        GT
       Tremulant                16' Flûte Conique    SW
       Choir Sub                16' Cor de Nuit      12 CH
       Choir Super          10 2/3' Quint            32
       Chimes                    8' Octave           32
                                 8' Stopped Flute    12
       SOLO-ECHO                 8' Cello            12
      (existing Echo)            8' Flûte Conique    SW
    8' Gross Flute      68       8' Cor de Nuit      CH
    8' Gamba            68   5 1/3' Octave Quint     12
    8' Gamba Celeste GG 61       4' Superoctave      12
    4' Octave           68       4' Cor de Nuit      CH
    4' Concert Flute    68      IV  Mixture         128
    8' Cor Anglais      68      16' Trombone         32
       Tremulant                16' Fagotto          SW
    8' Harmonic Trumpet 68       8' Tromba           12
                                 4' Clarion          12
    8' Echo Salicional              Chimes
    8' Vox Angelica
    8' Spitzflöte
    8' Flute Céleste
    8' Vox Humana
       Tremulant
       Chimes
       Solo-Echo Sub
       Solo-Echo Super

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield  January 16, 2011]

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