Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3453 (1980)

First Congregational Church: Sanctuary
1106 Chestnut St.
Western Springs, IL

Images

2009-07-01 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-06-27 - Church interior and exposed pipes (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
35 stops
31 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 56 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 toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-09-30 - Identified by Trailon Johnson from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-08-09 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Western Springs, Illinois
       First Congregational Church

       Casavant   Op. 3453   1980   3/40

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

       GRAND ORGUE                    POSITIF
   16' Quintaton (unit) 68         8' Bourdon         56
    8' Montre           56         8' Quintaton       GO
    8' Flûte harmonique 44         4' Prestant        56
      (1-12 Flûte à chem)          4' Flûte à fuseau  56
    8' Flûte à cheminée 56         2' Doublette       56
    4' Octave           56     1 1/3' Larigot         56
    4' Flûte bouchée    56       III  Plein Jeu      168
2 2/3' Nasard           56         8' Douçaine        56
    2' Flûte à bec      56            Tremblant
1 3/5' Tierce           56
   IV  Fourniture      224
    8' Trompette (unit) 56
       Tremblant

       PÉDALE                         RÉCIT
   16' Contrebasse      32         8' Flûte           56
   16' Soubasse         32         8' Salicional      56
   16' Quintaton        GO         8' Voix céleste tc 44
    8' Octavebasse      32         4' Flûte conique   56
    8' Bourdon          12       III  Cymbale        168
    4' Chorale Basse    32        16' Basson          56
  III  Fourniture       96         8' Hautbois        56
   16' Bombarde         32            Tremblant
    8' Trompette        GO            Chimes

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield August 8, 2010]