Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3020 (1969)

St. John Lutheran Church
729 W Washington Blvd.
Fort Wayne, IN

Images

2019-07-27 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-07-12 - Organ and exposed pipes (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2011-02-10 - Gallery, organ and exposed pipes (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2011-02-10 - Console (Photograph by Martin Gigler/Database Manager)

2011-02-10 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Martin Gigler/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
32 stops
33 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-01-15 - Identified by Riley Wes Mitchell from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2011-02-01 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The spec specifies that the term "Ruck" is not to be used anywhere in the organ. -Database Manager

2015-05-14 - Updated through online information from Martin P. Gigler. -Database Manager

2016-03-17 - Updated through online information from Martin Gigler. <br>Addition to stop list, 2015: Zimbelstern -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

     Fort Wayne, Indiana
     St. John's Lutheran Church

     Casavant   Op. 3020   1969   3/43

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

     GREAT                    SWELL
 16' Quintade     61       8' Salizional         61
  8' Prinzipal    61       8' Salizional céleste 49
  8' Rohrflöte    61       8' Holzgedackt        61
  4' Oktav        61       4' Gemshorn           61
  4' Waldflöte    61       4' Gemshorn céleste   61
  2' Spitzflöte   61       2' Oktavine           61
 IV  Mixtur      244      II  Sesquialtera       98
  8' Trompete     61     III  Zimbel            183
     Chimes      [pf]      8' Oboe               61
                           4' Klarine            61
     PEDAL                    Tremulant
 16' Subbass      32
 16' Quintade     GT          POSITIV
  8' Prinzipal    32       8' Gedackt            61
  8' Pommer       32       4' Prinzipal          61
  4' Choralbass   32       4' Koppelflöte        61
III  Mixtur       96       2' Oktav              61
 16' Posaune L/2  32   1 1/3' Nasat              61
  4' Rohrchalmei  32      IV  Scharf            244
                           8' Krummhorn          61
                              Tremulant

     Please do not use "Ruck" anywhere in the organ.
     The second manual division becomes "Positiv."

[Received online from Jeff Scofield February 7, 2011]

Documents

Stoplist with photos Courtesy of Martin Gigler -Database Manager