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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1403-R (1957)

St. Mary Roman Catholic Cathedral
219 Seymour Street
Lansing, MI

Images


2010-04-20 - Cathedral exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

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Notes

2010-04-21 - Identified through online information from Chad Boorsma. -- The instrument was originally built by Casavant in 1930 for Christ Church Episcopal Church in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. The organ was purchased through Mr. J. A. Herbert of Casavant for $19,850. It was installed in the south transept gallery. The organ was rebuilt by White Organ Company in 1967 and again by Fowler Organ Company in 1997. -Database Manager


Stoplist

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

       Lansing, Michigan
       St. Mary's Cathedral, R.C.

       Casavant   Op. 1403-R   1930/1958/1967/1997

       GREAT ORGAN            SWELL ORGAN

   16' Double Diapason    16' Bourdon
    8' Diapason            8' Diapason
    8' Flute Harmonique    8' Rohr Bourdon
    8' Bourdon             8' Viole de Gambe
    8' Gemshorn            8' Viole Celeste
    4' Octave              8' Aeoline
    4' Hohlflute           4' Octave
2 2/3' Twelfth             4' Traverse Flute
    2' Fifteenth           2' Octavin
   IV  Mixture             V  Plein Jeu
    8' Trumpet            16' Fagott
    8' Fanfare Trumpet     8' Trompette
       Chimes              8' Hautbois
   16' Great               8' Vox Humana
       Unison Off          4' Clarion
    4' Great                  Tremulant
                          16' Swell
                              Unison Off
                           4' Swell

       CHOIR ORGAN            PEDAL ORGAN

    8' Geigen Principal   32' Double Open Wood (1-12 elect.)
    8' Spire Flute        32' Grand Bourdon (1-12 elect.)
    8' Dolce              16' Open Wood
    8' Unda Maris         16' Double Diapason
    4' Geigen Octave      16' Subbass
    4' Koppelflute        16' Bourdon (Sw)
    2' Italian Principal   8' Octave
   II  Sesquialtera        8' Bass Gedeckt
  III  Sharp Mixture       4' Choralbass
    8' Clarinet            4' Flute
       Tremulant          32' Bombarde (1-12 elect)
    8' Fanfare Trumpet	  32' Contra Fagott (1-12 elect)
   16' Choir              16' Trombone
       Unison Off         16' Fagott (Sw)
    4' Choir               8' Tromba
                           4' Fagott (Sw)

     Couplers

Swell to Great 16' 8' 4'
Choir to Great 16' 8' 4'

Swell to Choir 16' 8' 4'
Great to Choir

Great to Pedal  8' 4'
Swell to Pedal  8' 4'
Choir to Pedal  8' 4'

     ACCESSORIES:

SSL combination action, 32 memory levels
Full compliment of divisional & general combination pistons & toe studs.
Programmable crescendo

Transposer
Great - Choir Manual Transfer
Midi control system
Performance record system.

French style terraced console in oak with mahogany interior, bone
natural keys with rosewood sharps, maple & rosewood pedalkeys and
turned rosewood drawknobs with ivorine inserts.

Balanced shoes for Swell & Choir expression.
 
Adjustable bench

Chimes (graduated large scale Deagan)
Cymbelstern (8 bells)
Rosignol



 [Received from Dr. Timothy Flynn, director of music-organist 2012-05-03.]

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