2010-06-10 - Identified through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Tuba Organ added as Op. 1112 in 1925; when the Detroit Symphony Orchestra left the hall in 1942, the organ was moved to Calvary Presbyterian Church minus the Tuba Organ and 32' Open Diapason (which were sold to a Toledo organ man, stored and then discarded in the 1960's); in 1992 the organ was moved to the Music House instrument museum in Traverse City, Michigan, with the console on display and the rest of the organ stored. It remains in storage with hopes to move it back to Detroit. -Database Manager
2010-07-28 - Updated through on-line information from Richard Helderop. -- The instrument, as of 2010, is being restored for its original owner- Orchestra Hall, Detroit. The original 1924 installation was 73 ranks and the 1925 "addition" of the Tuba Division was 23 ranks. -Database Manager
2019-03-01 - At the time of the organ's move to Calvary Presbyterian, the church had over 1,700 members; as the area around the church declined, the congregation moved further out to a much smaller building and the old location at 8240 Grand River was sold to the Abundant Life Christian Center, who later sold it to the Greater Faith for Deliverance Church; after a fire on March 21, 2009 that caused serious smoke and water damage, the building was completely abandoned and looted of anything of value. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Detroit, Michigan
Orchestra Hall
Casavant Op. 1013 1924 4/73
Tuba Organ Op. 1112 1925 /23
Courtesy of the Casavant Frères archives
St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada _______________________________________________________________
The specification indicates that
the organ was entirely straight.
GREAT SOLO
16' Double Open Diapason 73 16' Contra Gamba 73
16' Bourdon 73 8' Stentorphone 73
8' Open Diapason (lrg) 73 8' Gross Flöte 73
8' Open Diapason (med) 73 8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
8' Violin Diapason 73 8' Viole Celeste II 146
8' Doppel Flöte 73 4' Orchestral Flute 73
8' Salicional 73 4' Viola 73
4' Octave 73 16' Tuba Magna 73
4' Harmonic Flute 73 8' Tuba Mirabilis 73
2 2/3' Twelfth 73 4' Tuba Clarion 73
2' Fifteenth 61 Tremulant
V Mixture 365 Sub
16' Double Trumpet 73 Super
8' Posaune 73
4' Clarion 73 TUBA (added in 1925)
Sub 8' Stentorphone 73
Super 8' Philomela 73
8' Gross Gamba 73
SWELL 8' Gross Gamba Celeste 73
16' Bourdon 73 4' Octave 73
8' Open Diapason 73 4' Flute 73
8' Clarabella 73 VII Grand Mixture 511
8' Stopped Diapason 73 16' Tuba Magna 73
8' Viola di Gamba 73 8' Tuba Major 73
8' Voix Céleste tc 61 8' Tuba Mirabilis 73
4' Principal 73 8' Trumpet 73
4' Flauto Traverso 73 (French, double harmonic)
2' Piccolo 61 8' French Horn 73
V Cornet 365 4' Tuba Clarion 73
16' Double Trumpet 73 Chimes
8' Cornopean 73 Celesta
8' Oboe 73
8' Vox Humana 73 TUBA PEDAL
4' Clarion 73 16' Bombarde 32
Tremulant 16' Wood Trombone 32
Sub 8' Trumpet 32
Super 8' Trombone 32
CHOIR PEDAL
16' Bourdon 73 32' Double Open Diapason 32
8' Open Diapason 73 16' Open Diapason 32
8' Concert Flute 73 16' Bourdon 32
8' Gemshorn 73 16' Violone 32
4' Wald Flute 73 16' Dulciana 32
4' Violina 73 16' Gedeckt 32
2 2/3' Nazard 73 8' Octave 32
2' Flageolet 61 8' Bourdon 32
8' Trumpet 73 8' Violoncello 32
8' Clarinet 73 4' Flute 32
8' Orchestral Oboe 73 32' Contra Trombone 32
Tremulant 16' Trombone 32
Sub 8' Trumpet 32
Super
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