Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1923 (1948)

Zion Lutheran Church
2313 Hanna Street
Fort Wayne, IN

Images

2020-04-02 - Church interior to front and altar (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-04-07 - Church interior to rear and organ case (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
32 stops
37 registers
4 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-02-17 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2011-01-31 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- 18 stops retained from the 1893 2-manual Barkhoff, forming most of the Great and Pedal and much of the Swell; rebuilt in 1986 by D & D, with further additions in 1998 and 2001. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Fort Wayne, Indiana
       Zion Lutheran Church

       Casavant   Op. 1923   1948   3/34

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

       * Stops from old organ shipped to factory and
         cleaned, repaired and revoiced
 
       GREAT                       SWELL
    8' Open Diapason  61 *     16' Bourdon          68 *
    8' Melodia        61 *      8' Open Diapason    68 *
    8' Gmaba          61 *      8' Stopped Diapason 68 *
    8' Dulciana       61 *      8' Salicional       68 *
    4' Octave         61 *      8' Voix Celeste     61
    4' Flute d'Amour  61        8' Aeoline          68
2 2/3' Twelfth        61 *      4' Violina          68 *
    2' Twelfth        61 *      4' Flute Harmonique 68 *
    8' Trumpet        61 *    III  Cornet          183
                                8' Cornopean        68
       CHOIR                    8' Oboe             68 *
    8' Diapason       68        8' Vox Humana       68
    8' Concert Flute  68           Tremulant
    8' Viole d'Amour  68           Sub
    4' Viola          68           Super
    4' Lieblichflöte  68
    2' Piccolo        61           PEDAL
    8' Clarinet       68       16' Open Diapason    32 *
       Sub                     16' Bourdon          32 *
       Super                   16' Violone          32
       Tremulant               16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
                                8' Stopped Flute    12
                                8' Viola            12 *
                               16' Trombone         32
                                8' Tromba           12

 [Received online from Jeff Scofield  February 5, 2011]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON December 1948 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield