Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2218 (1954)

Westminster Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
17567 Hubbell Street
Detroit, MI

Images

1994-05-19 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1994-05-19 - Console to right (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1994-05-19 - Console to left (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1994-05-15 - Chancel Window (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1954-02-01 - Console (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-07-04 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2009-06-20 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2010-06-20 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Detroit, Michigan
       Westminster Presbyterian Church

       Casavant   Op. 2218   1954   3/43

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

       GREAT                             CHOIR
   16' Rohrbourdon         68         8' Cor de Nuit        68
    8' Open Diapason       68         8' Dulciana           68
    8' Hohlflöte           68         8' Unda Maris     GG  61
    8' Gemshorn            68         8' Flute Celestes II 136
    4' Octave              68         4' Violina            68
    4' Spitzflöte          68         4' Koppelflöte        68
2 2/3' Octave Quint        61     2 2/3' Nazard             61
    2' Super Octave        61         2' Blockflöte         61
  III  Harmonics          183     1 3/5' Tierce             61
       Super                      1 1/3' Larigot            61
       Chimes              pf         8' Clarinet           68
                                         Tremulant
       SWELL                             Sub
    8' Geigen Diapason     68            Unison off
    8' Gedeckt             68            Super
    8' Viole de Gambe      68            Chimes             pf
    8' Voix Celeste     GG 61
    8' Aeoline             68            PEDAL
    4' Principal           68        16' Principal          32  wood
    4' Flute Triangulaire  68        16' Bourdon            32
    2' Fifteenth           61        16' Rohrbourdon        GT
  III  Mixture            183    10 2/3' Quint              32
   16' Contra Fagotto      68         8' Principal          32
    8' Trumpet             68         8' Bourdon            12
    8' Vox Humana          68         8' Rohrflöte          GT
    4' Oboe Clarion        68     5 1/3' Octave Quint       12
       Tremulant                      4' Doublette          12
       Sub                           16' Bombarde           32
       Unison off                    16' Fagotto            SW
       Super                          8' Bombarde           12
                                      4' Clarion            12
                                         Chimes

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield June 20, 2010.]