Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2606 (1960)

First United Methodist Church / Pathfinder Church: Sanctuary
8740 S. Westnedge Ave.
Portage, MI

Images

2012-04-24 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2012-04-24 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2012-04-24 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2012-04-24 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
19 stops
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons

Notes

2007-06-15 - Identified through on-line information from Stanley R. Scheer. -Database Manager

2012-04-24 - The original contract information says the organ had European-style switches for the combination action, but the instrument currently has adjustable pistons. Also, there is currently a stop on the Great (8' Gemshorn) and one on the Swell (8' Aeoline) that were not on the original specifications. They may have been added at a later date. -Database Manager

2012-04-24 - The congregation recently changed its name to Pathfinder Church. It is still a United Methodist congregation, however. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

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Stoplist taken from factory specifications and the console (April 24, 2012) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Portage, Michigan
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH / PATHFINDER CHURCH

Casavant     Opus 2606     25 ranks      1960
__________________________________________________________________________________

GREAT:                     SWELL:                        PEDAL:
   8' Principal 56            8' Viole de gambe 56         16' Subbass 32
   8' Rohrflöte 56            8' Voix Celeste [TC] 44       8' Spitzprinzipal 32
   8' Gemshorn 56 *           8' Aeoline 56 *              16' Fagott 32
   4' Octave 56               8' Gedackt 56                 4' Schalmey 32
   2' Blockflöte 56           4' Koppelflöte 56                Blank [2]
  IV  Mixture 224             2' Principal 56
                             II  Sesquialtera [TC] 88    
                            III  Cymbel 168
                              8' Trompette 56
                                 Tremulant

* stops not on original Casavant specs / may have been added later.

[Received online from Chad Boorsma • April 24, 2012]