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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2753 (1963)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
99 Wayne Street
Pontiac, MI

Images

2022-03-23 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by Roman Lizak /Roman Lizak)

2022-03-23 - Positiv Division (Photograph by Roman Lizak/Roman Lizak)

2022-03-23 - Console (Photograph by Roman Lizak/Roman Lizak)

2022-03-23 - Great, Swell, and Pedal Chamber (Photograph by Roman Lizak/Roman Lizak)

Consoles

Main

Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
31 stops
32 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
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons

Notes

2009-10-12 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-06-21 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2022-03-23 - This instrument is divided in the chancel. Great, Swell, and Pedal divisions are on the left-hand side. The Positiv division is on the right-hand side. -Roman Lizak

Stoplist

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

    Pontiac, Michigan
    First Presbyterian Church

    Casavant   Op. 2753   1963   3/41

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

    GREAT                         CHOIR (non-expressive)
16' Quintaton       61         8' Rohrflöte      61
 8' Principal       61         8' Stillflöte     61
 8' Bourdon         61         4' Koppelflöte    61
 4' Octave          61         2' Blockflöte     61
 4' Spitzflöte      61     1 1/3' Quint          61
 2' Superoctave     61        II  Sesquialtera  122
IV  Mixture        244       III  Zimbel        183
    Chimes        prep         8' Krummhorn      61
                                  Tremulant
    SWELL
 8' Salicional      61            PEDAL
 8' Voix Celeste GG 54        16' Violon         32
 8' Erzähler        61        16' Subbass        32
 8' Nachthorn       61        16' Quintaton      GT
 4' Spitzprinzipal  61         8' Octave         32
 2' Octavin         61         8' Gedeckt        32
IV  Fourniture     244         4' Choralbass     32
16' Basson          61        II  Mixture        64
 8' Trompette       61        16' Posaune        32
    Tremulant                     Chimes
    Sub
    Super
    Harp          prep

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield June 22, 2010.]