Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2164 (1953)

New England Congregational Church
406 W. Galena Blvd.
Aurora, IL

Images

2011-10-27 - Church exterior (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2011-10-27 - Church interior (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2025-04-18 - Console (Daniel Boin/Daniel Boin)

Consoles

Main

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

Notes

2009-06-20 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Replaced 1890 Hook & Hastings Op. 1445. Renovated in 1990 by unknown builder. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Aurora, Illinois
       New England Congregational Church

       Casavant   Op. 2164   1953   3/25

       Stoplist courtesy of Casavant Frères

       GREAT                      SWELL
    8' Open Diapason 68       16' Gedeckt 68
    8' Hohlflöte 68            8' Violin Diapason 68
    8' Gemshorn 68             8' Stopped Diapason 68
    4' Octave 68               8' Viola da Gamba 68
2 2/3' Twelfth 61              8' Voix Celeste 61 GG
    2' Fifteenth 61            8' Aeoline 68
       Tremulant               4' Violina 68
       Super                 III  Cornet 183 (12,15,17)
       Chimes 25               8' Trumpet 68
                                  Tremulant
       CHOIR                      Sub
    8' Geigen Principal 68        Super
    8' Melodia 68                 Chimes GT
    8' Dulciana 68
    4' Lieblichflöte 68           PEDAL
    2' Flageolet 61           16' Contrabass 32
    8' Clarinet 68            16' Bourdon 32
       Tremulant              16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
       Sub                     8' Violoncello 12
       Super                   8' Stopped Flute 12
       Chimes GT              16' Trumpet 12 SW

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield June 21, 2009.]