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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2087 (1951)

St. Augustine Catholic Cathedral: Cathedral
542 W. Michigan Avenue
Kalamazoo, MI

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

Images

2012-04-24 - Cathedral Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

1951-11-11 - Console (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

1951-11-11 - Gallery and Organ Case (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
30 stops
35 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 toe pistons

Notes

2009-06-18 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2010-06-14 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Became a Cathedral in 1971; replaced in 2002 by 3/42 Nichols & Simpson, which retained the casework; Ross Dodington purchased about 50% of the manual pipework, chests and blower. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

     Kalamazoo, Michigan
     St. Augustine's Cathedral, R.C.

     Casavant   Op. 2087   1951   3/34

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

     GREAT                           CHOIR
 16' Bourdon           68         8' Violin Diapason  68
  8' Open Diapason     68         8' Melodia          68
  8' Hohl Flute        68         8' Dulciana         68
  8' Gemshorn          68         4' Lieblich Flute   68
  4' Octave            68     2 2/3' Nazard           61
  2' Fifteenth         61         2' Flageolet        61
III  Mixture 12-19-22 183         8' Clarinet         68
     Super                           Tremolo
                                     Sub
     SWELL                           Super
  8' Geigen Principal  68
  8' Stopped Diapason  68            PEDAL
  8' Viole de Gambe    68        16' Contra Bass      32  wood
  8' Voix Celeste   GG 61        16' Bourdno          32
  4' Octave Geigen     68        16' Gedeckt          GT
  4' Flauto Traverso   68         8' Cello            32
  2' Flautino          61         8' Octave           12
III  Cornet 12-15-17  183         8' Stopped Flute    12
 16' Contra Fagotto    68         4' Choral Bass      12
  8' Trumpet           68        16' Trombone         32
  8' Oboe              68        16' Contra Fagotto   SW
  4' Clarion           68
     Tremolo
     Sub
     Super

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield June 14, 2010.]

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