Detroit Institute of Arts: Auditorium
5200 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, MI
Images
2022-06-21 - Blower and generator (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2022-06-21 - Lower Solo pipework (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2022-06-21 - Upper Solo pipework (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2022-06-21 - Lower Swell pipework (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2022-06-21 - Lower Choir pipework (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2022-06-21 - Upper Choir pipework (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2022-06-21 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2022-06-21 - Console: left stopjamb (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2022-06-21 - Console: right stopjamb (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2022-06-21 - Console side (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2022-06-21 - Console (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
1927-11-01 - Auditorium Interior and Chamber Grillework (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
- 4 manuals
- 68 stops
- 60 registers
- 5 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Balanced Tracker)
- 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: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2007-07-26 - Identified through online information from Douglas W. Craw. -Database Manager
2009-06-18 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Console located in its own small alcove directly under the right chamber. -Database Manager
2010-08-06 - Updated through online information from Brian Ventura. -- Instrument is original, unaltered, currently used but in need of restoration. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Institute of Arts
Casavant Op. 1200 1927 4/77
* Stops on higher pressure
GREAT CHOIR
16' Double Diapason 73 16' Quintaton 73
8' First Diapason 73 * 8' Diapason 73
8' Second Diapason 73 * 8' Concert Flute 73
8' Doppelflöte 73 8' Quintadena 73
8' Salicional 73 8' Gemshorn 73
4' Octave 73 * 4' Flute d'Amour 73
4' Harmonic Flute 73 * 4' Violina 73
4' Principal 73 2' Flageolet 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 73 III Mixture 219
2' Fifteenth 61 8' Trumpet 73
V Mixture 365 8' Clarinet 73
16' Contra Posaune 73 * Tremulant
8' Posaune 73 * Sub
4' Clarion 73 * Super
Sub Chimes SO
Super Harp
Chimes SO Celesta 61
Celesta CH
SOLO *
SWELL 16' Contra Viola 73
16' Bourdon 73 8' Stentorphone 73
8' Diapason 73 * 8' Philomela 73
8' Clarabella 73 * 8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
8' Stopped Diapason 73 8' Violes Celestes II 146
8' Viola da Gamba 73 4' Octave 73
8' Voix Celeste 73 4' Orchestral Flute 73
8' Aeoline 73 4' Octave Viol 73
4' Principal 73 VII Grand Cornet 511
4' Flauto Traverso 73 16' Tuba Magna 73
2' Piccolo 61 8' Tuba Mirabilis 73
V Cornet 365 8' Orchestral Oboe 73
16' Double Trumpet 73 * 4' Tuba Clarion 73
8' Cornopean 73 * Tremulant
8' Oboe 73 Sub
8' Vox Humana 73 Super
4' Clarion 73 * Chimes 25
Tremulant Celesta CH
Sub
Super PEDAL
Chimes SO 32' Double Diapason 32 (wood)
Celesta CH 16' Diapason 12
16' Diapason GT (metal)
16' Bourdon 32
16' Violone 32
16' Gedeckt SW
16' Dulciana CH
8' Octave 12
8' Bourdon 32
8' Violoncello 12
4' Flute 12 (32' Double Diapason)
32' Contra Trombone 32 *
16' Trombone 12 *
8' Trumpet 12 *
Chimes SO
[Received on line from Jeff Scofield June 18, 2009.]
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