Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2299 (1955)

North Congregational Church: Sanctuary
Northwestern Highway
Southfield, MI

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

1994-05-18 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1994-05-18 - Console to right (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1994-05-18 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
35 stops
44 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 tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-07-05 - Identified through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2010-06-20 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- The church was originally the North Woodward Congregation Church, 8715 Woodward Ave., Detroit; they moved to Southfield in 1955, at which time Op. 2299 was installed in the new building; in 1995, the congregation moved to Farmington Hills; their website says they have a 2016 Colby organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Southfield, Michigan
       North Congregational Church

       Casavant   Op. 2299   1955   3/42

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

       GREAT                          CHOIR
   16' Flute Conique     68        8' Cor de Nuit    68
    8' Principal         68        8' Dulciana       68
    8' Rohr Flute        68        8' Unda Maris  GG 61
    8' Gemshorn          68        4' Prestant       68
    4' Octave            68        4' Koppelflöte    68
    4' Spitz Flute       68    2 2/3' Nazard         61
2 2/3' Twelfth           61        2' Blockflöte     61
    2' Fifteenth         61    1 3/5' Tierce         61
   IV  Mixture          244    1 1/3' Larigot        61
       Sub                         8' Cromorne       68
       Unison Off                     Trémolo 
       Super                          Sub
       Chimes                         Unison Off
                                      Super
       SWELL
   16' Bourdon           68           PEDAL
    8' Geigen Principal  68       16' Principal      32  metal
    8' Gedeckt           68       16' Bourdon        32
    8' Viola da Gamba    68       16' Flute Conique  GT
    8' Voix Celeste   GG 61       16' Gedeckt        SW
    4' Principal (Small) 68        8' Principal      12
    4' Flauto Traverso   68        8' Stopped Flute  12
    2' Octavin           61        4' Super Octave   12
  III  Mixture          183        4' Flute          12
   16' Contra Fagotto    68      III  Mixture        96
    8' Trompette         68       16' Trombone       32  small scale
    8' Oboe              68       16' Fagotto        SW
       Tremolo                     8' Trompette      12
       Sub                         4' Clarion        12
       Unison Off                     Chimes
       Super

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