Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2100 (1952)

Chagrin Falls United Methodist Church: Sanctuary
20 S. Franklin St.
Chagrin Falls, OH

Images

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2014-12-07 - Current chancel configuration with the organ behind the screen. (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1952 - Chancel when the Casavant was installed (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
14 stops
17 registers
3 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

Notes

2009-04-08 - Identified through on-line information from Don Daley. -Database Manager

2011-01-16 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2011-01-19 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2013-10-23 - Updated through online information from Tim Hemry. -- Somebody replaced the Clarinet with a Wicks oboe and the Spitzflute was replaced with an Austin Gedeckt in the 90's. Organ was fitted with Syndyne keying and Combo action in about 2002. Church exploring addressing the Flute change issue. -Database Manager

2020-06-24 - The front of the church was redesigned ca. 2015 with the organ in behind a center screen and the choirloft moved to across the front of the church in front of the organ; the console is in a fixed position on the right. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

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

    Chagrin Falls, Ohio
    Chagrin Falls Methodist Church

    Casavant   Op. 2100   1952   2/17

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

    GREAT (encl)             SWELL                     PEDAL
 8' Principal      68     8' Stopped Diapason 68   16' Bourdon       32
 8' Spitzflöte     68     8' Salicional       68    8' Stopped Flute 12
 4' Octave         68     8' Voix Celeste  GG 61    8' Gedeckt       SW
 4' Chimney Flute  68     4' Principal        68    4' Flute         12
II  Grave Mixture 122     4' Harmonic Flute   68       Chimes
 8' Clarinet       68   III  Cornet          183
    Tremulant             8' Trompette        68
    Unison Off               Tremulant
    Super                    Sub
    Chimes (Maas)            Unison Off
                             Super
                             Chimes

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield  January 16, 2011]