Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3489 (1980)

St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church: Church
19624 Wood St.
Melvindale, MI

Images

2021 - Church exterior (Photograph by George Strimpel, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021 - Church interior to rear (Photograph by George Strimpel, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021 - Chancel, organ chamber, exposed pipes (Photograph by George Strimpel, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021 - Church interior (Photograph by George Strimpel, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
13 stops
16 registers
3 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2009-10-01 - Identified by Riley Wes Mitchell from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-07-21 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- The prepared-for Grand Orgue division and Pedal reed were added in 1981. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Melvindale, Michigan
    St. Mary Magdalen R. C. Church

    Casavant   Op. 3489   1980   2/19

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

    GRAND ORGUE                     RÉCIT
 8' Montre            56 *       8' Bourdon         56
 8' Flûte à cheminée  56 *       8' Viole de gambe  56
 4' Prestant          56 *       8' Voix céleste tc 44
II  Cornet        tc 176 *       4' Flûte conique   56
IV  Fourniture       224 *       2' Doublette       56
                                 8' Trompette       56
    PÉDALE                          Tremblant
16' Soubasse          12 GO         Sub
 8' Octavebasse       32            Unison Off
 8' Flûte à cheminée  GO            Super
 4' Octave            12
16' Basson            32 *       *  added in 1981

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield  July 21, 2010]

Documents

(1979-11-09) Factory Documentation Factory documentation courtesy of Casavant Frères -Roman Lizak