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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2134 (1952)

Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Episcopal
4800 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI

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1952-03-21 - Console (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

1952-03-21 - Console (Back Side) (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

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Notes

2007-07-27 - Identified through online information from Douglas W. Craw. -- Organ replaced by Pilzecker in 1992. -Database Manager

2007-08-17 - Updated through online information from Douglas W. Craw. -Database Manager

2010-02-27 - Updated by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. Console [for existing Austin organ ?] -Database Manager

2010-06-16 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- 25 ranks and parts added by Casavant in 1954; rebuilt and enlarged by Pilzecker as a 4/96 in 1991, retaining the ornate Casavant console shell. -Database Manager


Stoplist

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

    Detroit, Michigan
    Cathedral Church of St. Paul

    Casavant   Op. 2134   1952  
    New console to the existing Austin

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

    CONSOLE SPECIFICATION

    GREAT                       CHOIR
16' Flute Conique            8' Viola        
 8' Open Diapason            8' Melodia
 8' Violin Diapason          8' Dulciana
 8' Gross Flute              8' Unda Maris
 8' Gemshorn                 8' Quintadena
 4' Octave                   4' Violina
 4' Hohl Flute               4' Flute d'Amour
 2' Super Octave         2 2/3' Nazard
II  Sesquialtera             2' Piccolo
 8' Tromba                   8' Clarinet
    Unison Off                  Tremulant
    Super                       Sub
    Chimes CH                   Unison Off
                                Super
    ANTIPH GREAT (pfp)       8' Tromba
 8' Open Diapason               Chimes
 8' Melodia
 8' Dulciana                    SOLO
 4' Octave                   8' Gross Flute
 2' Fifteenth                8' Gross Gamba
    Unison Off               4' Principal
    Super                    8' Tuba
                             8' French Horn
    SWELL                       Sub
16' Bourdon                     Unison Off
 8' Geigen Principal            Super
 8' Rohr Flute                  Chimes CH
 8' Viola da Gamba
 8' Voix Celeste                PEDAL
 8' Aeoline                 16' Open Diapason
 4' Octave Geigen           16' Bourdon
 4' Traverse Flute          16' Violone
 2' Flageolet               16' Flute Conique
IV  Mixture                 16' Lieblich Gedeckt
 8' Cornopean           10 2/3' Quint
 8' Oboe                     8' Octave
 8' Vox Humana               8' Stopped Flute
    Tremulant                8' Cello
    Sub                      4' Choral Bass
    Unison Off              16' Bombarde
    Super                       Chimes
    Chimes CH
                                ANTIPH PEDAL (pf)
    ANTIPH SWELL (pf)       16' Bourdon
 8' Geigen Principal        16' Gedeckt
 8' Stopped Diapason         8' Principal
 8' Viola da Gamba           8' Stopped Flute
 8' Voix Celeste             4' Super Octave
 4' Octave Geigen
 8' Oboe
    Tremulant
    Sub
    Unison Off
    Super

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield June 25, 2010.]

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