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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2978 (1968)

Church of the Magdalen, Roman Catholic
Kellogg and Woodlawn
Wichita, KS

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
35 stops
34 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-02-26 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-03-15 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- New 1500-seat church building completed in 2002; the organ is installed in chambers across the front wall, to each side of the altar; the console is in a pit to the left. -Database Manager

2016-11-27 - Updated through online information from Adam Gerik. It appears that the organ made the move to the new church building: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd_Nwqep_6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htDg-NdUHkA -Database Manager

2019-06-25 - Updated by Mike Lawless, who has heard or played the organ. Blower replaced when reinstalled in new church. -Database Manager

2025-02-23 - Updated through email information from Burton K. Tidwell (January 8, 2025): the chimes while prepared at the time of original installation were added later. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

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

    Wichita, Kansas
    Church of the Magdalen, R.C.

    Casavant   Op. 2978   1968   3/45

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

    GREAT                        POSITIV
16' Quintade 61               8' Gedackt 61
 8' Principal 61              4' Principal 61
 8' Bordun 61                 4' Spitzflöte 61
 4' Octave 61                 2' Gemshorn 61
 4' Koppelflöte 61        1 1/3' Quintflöte 61
 2' Superoctave 61           II  Sesquialtera 122
IV  Mixture 244             III  Zimbel 183
 8' Trompete 61               8' Krummhorn 61
    Chimes (pf)
                                 PEDAL
    SWELL                    16' Principal 32
 8' Viola 61                 16' Subbass 32
 8' Viola céleste 54 GG      16' Quintade GT
 8' Rohrflöte 61              8' Octave 32
 4' Spitzgeigen 61            8' Pommer 32
 2' Waldflöte 61              4' Superoctave 32
IV  Scharf 244                4' Rohrpfeife 32
16' Fagott 61 L/2            IV  Mixture 128
 8' Oboe 61                  16' Posaune 32
    Tremulant                 4' Schalmei 32
                                 Chimes (pf)

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 15, 2010.]

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