Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3568 (1983)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
805 Center Avenue
Bay City, MI

Images

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph by Church website, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Chancel, console and pipework (Photograph by Saginaw Valley AGO, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-09-21 - Console and Pipework (Photograph by Gerald A Mossner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
38 stops
47 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: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
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

2007-07-27 - Identified through online information from Douglas W. Craw. -Database Manager

2009-10-05 - Updated by Riley Wes Mitchell from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-07-21 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

     Bay City, Michigan
     First Presbyterian Church

     Casavant   Op. 3568   1983   3/54

     Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
     St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
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     GRAND ORGUE                         POSITIF EXPRESSIF
 16' Bourdon              61          8' Principal étroit  61
  8' Montre               61          8' Bourdon           61   
  8' Flûte à cheminée     61          8' Flûte douce       61
  4' Prestant             61          8' Flûte céleste  tc 49
  4' Flûte                61          4' Octave            61
  2' Doublette            61          4' Flûte à fuseau    61
III  Cornet              183      2 2/3' Nazard            61
 IV  Fourniture          244          2' Quarte de nazard  61
  8' Trompette            61      1 3/5' Tierce            61
     Chimes                       1 1/3' Larigot           61
                                     IV  Cymbale          244
     RÉCIT                            8' Cromorne          61
 16' Quintaton            61             Tremblant
  8' Flûte à pavillon     61          8' Trompette royale [pf]
  8' Viole de gambe       61             Harp
  8' Voix céleste      GG 54
  4' Principal            61             PÉDALE
  4' Flûte octaviante     61         32' Basse acoustique  --
  2' Octavin              61         16' Contrebasse       32
  V  Plein jeu           305         16' Soubasse          32
 16' Basson-hautbois L/2  12         16' Bourdon           GO
  8' Trompette harmonique 61         16' Quintaton         RE
  8' Hautbois             61          8' Octavebasse       32
  4' Clairon harmonique   61          8' Bourdon           GO
     Tremblant                        4' Octave            32
     Unison Off                       4' Bourdon           GO
     Super                            V  Mixture          160
                                     32' Contre bombarde  [pf]
                                     16' Bombarde          32
                                     16' Basson-hautbois   RE
                                      8' Trompette         GO
                                      4' Cromorne          PO