Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2823 (1965)

St. Henry Roman Catholic Church
1358 Council Avenue
Lincoln Park, MI

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
17 stops
18 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
Has combination toe pistons

Notes

2009-11-23 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-06-25 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The Swell chest was to be increased to 61 pipes (retaining the 56-note keyboard), so that the coupled division would have an effective compass of 49 notes. -Database Manager

2015-08-22 - Merged into Christ the Good Shepherd Church, Lincoln Park; last service held March 2, 2014 and building put up for sale. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Lincoln Park, Michigan
    St. Henry's R. C. Church

    Casavant   Op. 2823   1965   2/22

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

    GREAT                  SWELL                     PEDAL
 8' Principal  56       8' Gedackt          56   16' Subbass    32
 8' Rohrflöte  56       8' Gemshorn         56    8' Principal  32
 4' Octave     56       8' Gemshorn Celeste 44    8' Bourdon    12
 2' Blockflöte 56       4' Spitzflöte       56    4' Choralbass 32
IV  Mixture   224       2' Principal        56   16' Fagott L/2 32
                    1 1/3' Quinte           56
                      III  Zimbel          168
                        8' Trompette        56
                           Tremulant
                           Sub
                           Super

Documents

(1963-08-12) Factory Documentation Documentation from the factory, courtesy of Casavant Frères -Roman Lizak