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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3117 (1971)

Benson United Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
5612 Corby St.
Omaha, NE

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
22 stops
22 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
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe 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

2010-03-23 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2018-06-12 - The congregation went contemporary in 2015, becoming Citylight Benson Church; the Casavant was removed and the chancel completely remodeled into a stage. -Database Manager

2022-10-30 - According to Fr. Robert Scheiblhofer, the organ was relocated to St. Barnabas RC Parish in Omaha, NE. and combined with a Rodgers to become a hybrid instrument. The Casavant Great and Pedal remained as such. The Casavant Swell became a Choir-Positiv division. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

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

    Omaha, Nebraska
    Benson (United) Presbyterian Church

    Casavant   Op. 3117   1971   2/30

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

    GREAT                SWELL                        PEDAL
 8' Prinzipal 56      8' Gemshorn 56              16' Subbass 32
 8' Rohrflöte 56      8' Gemshorn céleste 44 tc    8' Oktavbass 32
 4' Oktav 56          8' Gedackt 56                4' Choralbass 32
 4' Nachthorn 56      4' Prinzipal 56            III  Mixtur 96
 2' Waldflöte 56      4' Spillflöte 56            16' Fagott 32 L/2
IV  Mixtur 224        2' Oktavine 56
 8' Trompete 56   1 1/3' Nasat 56
    Chimes (pf)      II  Sesquialtera 88 tc
                    III  Zimbel 168
                      8' Krummhorn 56
                         Tremulant

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 23, 2010.]

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