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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2539 (1959)

Madison Avenue Methodist Church: Sanctuary
400 N Madison Ave.
Bay City, MI

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

Images

Unknown - Front of sanctuary with displayed pipework. ca. 1959 (Photograph courtesy of Casavant Freres archives via Stanley Scheer/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
34 stops
45 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
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

2007-06-03 - Identified through online information from Stanley R. Scheer. -- The church closed and the organ was moved in 1988 to St. Alphonsus R.C. Church in Chicago. -Database Manager

2020-04-09 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- According to the .pdf specification provided by Stanley R. Scheer <i>(below)</i>, the Casavant organ incorporated 14 ranks of the existing instrument. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist and notes from Stanley R. Scheer Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Unsupported filetype pdf, view here.

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