Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1080 (1925)

Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph: Nazareth Center / Holy Family Chapel
3427 Gull Road
Nazareth, MI

Images

2012-07-18 - Building Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2012-07-18 - Chapel Interior and Altar (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2012-07-18 - Nave, Balcony, and Organ Case (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2012-07-18 - Coffered ceiling (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2012-07-18 - Altar (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2012-07-18 - Organ Case (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2012-07-18 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2012-07-18 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2012-07-18 - Left Drawknobs (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2012-07-18 - Right Drawknobs (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2012-07-18 - Pipework (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
25 stops
28 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 tutti thumb pistons

Notes

2010-06-11 - Identified through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- School closed in 1992. -Database Manager

2012-04-21 - The building where the chapel is located, Nazareth Center, is the home for the Sisters of the Congregation of St. Joseph. The college was located in separate building, which has since been torn down. The organ is currently being refurbished by the Lauck Pipe Organ Company, but no tonal changes are planned. At one time, the campus' address was likely Kalamazoo, Michigan. -Database Manager

2012-07-21 - The chapel is a modern interpretation of the ancient Roman Basilica patterned from St. John Lateran in Rome. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Kalamazoo, Michigan
    Nazareth Academy

    Casavant   Op. 1080   1925   3/27

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

    GREAT                      SWELL
 8' Open Diapason    73    16' Bourdon          73
 8' Violin Diapason  73     8' Open Diapason    73
 8' Doppel Flöte     73     8' Stopped Dipason  73
 4' Octave           73     8' Viola di Gamba   73
 4' Harmonic Flute   73     8' Voix Céleste     73
 2' Super Octave     61     8' Aeoline          73
 8' Trumpet          73     4' Flauto Traveso   73
    Super                   2' Flautino         61
                          III  Dolce Cornet    219
    CHOIR                   8' Cornopean        73
 8' Melodia          73     8' Oboe             73
 8' Dulciana         73        Tremulant
 4' Wald Flöte       73        Sub
 2' Piccolo          61        Super
 8' Clarinet         73
    Tremulant                  PEDAL
    Sub                    16' Open Diapason    32
    Super                  16' Bourdon          32
                           16' Gedeckt          SW
                            8' Octave           12
                            8' Stopped Flute    12

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield June 14, 2010.]