Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2643 (1961)

Christ Episcopal Church
120 N. Military Street
Dearborn, MI

Images

1994-05-20 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1994-05-20 - Console to right (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1994-05-20 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1994-05-20 - Console to left (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
34 stops
35 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-06-20 - Identified through online information from Stanley R. Scheer. -- The organ is divided on both sides of the chancel. -Database Manager

2015-10-11 - Updated through online information from Sean Jackman. -- The organ is currently being restored by Fowler Organ Company of Lansing, Michigan. A two-phase project, phase one was completed during the summer of 2015. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Dearborn, Michigan
       Christ Episcopal Church

       Casavant   Op. 2643   1961   3/47

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

       GREAT                        SWELL
   16' Quintade       61         8' Nachthorn (open)      68
    8' Principal      61         8' Salicional            68
    8' Rohrflöte      61         8' Salicional Celeste GG 61
    4' Octave         61         4' Spitzprincipal        68
    4' Spitzflöte     61         4' Kleingedeckt          68
    2' Waldflöte      61     2 2/3' Nazard                61
   II  Rauschpfeife  122         2' Gemshorn              61
   IV  Mixture       244       III  Cymbel               244
    8' Trompette      61 *       8' Schalmei              68
       Schulmeric Bells             Tremulant

    *  round and loud               PEDAL
                                16' Principal             32
       POSITIV                  16' Subbass               32
    8' Gedeckt        61        16' Quintade              GT
    4' Principal      61         8' Octave                32
    4' Koppelflöte    61         8' Pommer                32
    2' Octave         61         4' Octave                32
1 1/3' Quintflöte     61        IV  Mixture              128
   II  Sesquialtera  122        16' Fagott                32
   IV  Scharff       244         4' Schalmei     L/2      32
    8' Krummhorn      61
       Tremulant
       Chimes         pf

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield June 21, 2010.]