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Casavant Brothers Opus 43-SH (1917)

Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist
Minneapolis, MN

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


Consoles

Main


Notes

2007-03-07 - Identified through information received from Stan Scheer, Casavant Frères. The figure recorded under "Registers" in the list above refers to the total number of speaking stops, including including duplexed and extended stops but excluding couplers, tremulants and controls. "Stops" refers to the number of independent or straight stops excluding duplexed and extended stops as well as couplers and controls. There are 17 couplers on this organ. -Database Manager

2009-01-31 - Updated through online information from Richard C Greene. -Database Manager

2011-01-26 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2013-10-24 - Updated through online information from Richard C Greene. -- The church was demolished to build a high-rise tower in the 70s. The organ was parted out or destroyed. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the original contract Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Minneapolis, Minnesota
Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist

Casavant Brothers (1917, Op. 43)

GREAT
 
16' Double Open Diapason
8' Open Diapason
8' Violin Diapason
8' Doppelflote
8' Gemshorn
4' Octave
4' Harmonic Flute
2' Super Octave
8' Trumpet
 
SWELL
 
16' Bourdon
8' Open Diapason
8' Stopped Diapason
8' Viola di Gamba
8' Vox Celeste
8' Aeoline
4' Traverse Flute
4' Violina
2' Flautina
III Cornet
8' Cornopean
8' Oboe
8' Vox Humana
Tremulant
Chimes
 
CHOIR
 
8' Open Diapason
8' Melodia
8' Dulciana
4' Waldflote
2' Piccolo
8' Clarinet
8' Cor Anglais
Tremulant
 
PEDAL
 
32' Resultant
16' Double Open Diapason
16' Bourdon
16' Violone
10 2/3' Quint
8' Flute
8' Bourdon
8' Cello
8' Gedeckt SW

Built in 1917 in South Haven, Michigan (Casavant's South Haven factory built 52 
organs between 1912 and 1918, when the factory closed)

The organ was opened Sunday afternoon, March 18, 1917, with Edmund Sereno Ender 
at the console.

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield/Richard C Greene February 01, 2009.]

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield/Richard C Greene February 01, 2009.]

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