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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1985 (1949)

San Marino Community Church
1750 Virginia Road
San Marino, CA

Images

2017-06-05 - Church exterior (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-03-28 - Church interior (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1949-08-13 - Console (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
35 stops
43 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-02-19 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-04-11 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- 5-stop Solo added in 1953; new Casavant console added in 1994 with many prepared-for stops. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

     San Marino, California
     Community Church

     Casavant   Op. 1985   1949   4/40

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

     GREAT (enclosed)                   SWELL
  8' Open Diapason      73          16' Bourdon          73
  8' Violin Diapason    73           8' Open Diapason    73
  8' Hohl Flöte         73           8' Rohr Flöte       73
  8' Gemshorn           73           8' Viola da Gamba   73
  4' Octave             73           8' Voix Celeste  GG 66
  4' Wald Flute         73           8' Aeoline          73
  2' Super Octave       61           4' Principal        73
III  Mixture           183           4' Flauto Traverso  73
     Super                         III  Cornet          183
     Chimes             CH          16' Double Trumpet   73
                                     8' Cornopean        73
     SOLO (1953)                     8' Oboe             73
  8' Gross Gamba        73           4' Clarion          73
  8' Gamba Celeste      73              Tremulant
  4' Fugara             73              Sub
  8' Tuba Mirabilis     73              Super
  8' Cor Anglais        73              Chimes           CH
     Tremulant
     Sub                                CHOIR
     Super                           8' Viola            pf
                                     8' Melodia          73
     PEDAL                           8' Dulciana         73
 32' Resultant (quints) 12           8' Unda Maris    GG 66
 16' Open Diapason      32           4' Lieblich Flöte   73
 16' Bourdon            32       2 2/3' Nazard           pf
 16' Violone            32           2' Flageolet        61
 16' Gedeckt            SW       1 3/5' Tierce           pf
  8' Octave             12           8' Clarinet         73
  8' Stopped Flute      12              Tremulant
  8' Violoncello        12              Sub
  4' Flute              12              Super
 16' Trombone           32              Chimes           pf
  8' Trumpet            12              Harp             pf

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield April 13, 2010.]

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