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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1156 (1926)

St. Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic Church
8363-8383 Townsend Ave.
Detroit, MI

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
32 stops
29 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: 30 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

2010-06-14 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The church closed in 1989 and was demolished in 1991; the organ was moved to St. John the Evangelist R. C. Church, Davison, Michigan. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

   Detroit, Michigan
   St. Thomas the Apostle R.C. Church

   Casavant   Op. 1156   1926   3/24

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

   GREAT                       SWELL
8' Open Diapason    68     16' Bourdon           68
8' Violin Diapason  68      8' Open Diapason     68
8' Doppelflöte      68      8' Stopped Diapason  68
8' Dolce            68      8' Viola di Gamba    68
4' Octave           68      8' Voix Céleste      49
4' Harmonic Flute   68      8' Aeoline           68
2' Super Octave     61      4' Flauto Traverso   68
8' Trumpet          68      2' Flautino          61
   Sub                    III  Dolce Cornet     204
   Super                    8' Cornopean         68
   Chimes           CH      8' Oboe              68
                            8' Vox Humana        68
   CHOIR (prepared for)        Tremulant
8' Principal                   Sub
8' Melodia                     Super
8' Dulciana                    Chimes            CH
8' Viole d'Orchestre
4' Waldflöte                   PEDAL
2' Piccolo                 16' Open Diapason     30
8' Clarinet                16' Bourdon           30
   Tremulant               16' Gedeckt           SW
   Sub                      8' Octave            12
   Super                    8' Stopped Flute     12
   Chimes                  16' Trombone          pf
                               Chimes            CH

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

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