Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1246 (1928)

Marygrove College: Sacred Heart Chapel
8425 W. McNichols Dr.
Detroit, MI

Images

2018-01-24 - Choir Loft: Sacred Heart Chapel (Photograph from an archival source: http://detroitchurchblog.blogspot.com/2018/01/sacred-heart-chapel-at-marygrove-college_24.html?m=1, submitted by Dr. Becki Sanford (formerly Parker)/Dr. Becki Sanford (formerly Parker))

2005-12-20 - Choir Loft (Photograph by unknown, submitted by Dr. Becki Sanford (formerly Parker)/Dr. Becki Sanford (formerly Parker))

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
41 stops
38 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-06-14 - Identified through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2011-07-13 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

2012-05-04 - Updated through online information from Kip Said. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Detroit, Michigan
       Marygrove College, Sacred Heart Chapel

       Casavant   Op. 1246   1928   3/42

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

       GREAT                        SWELL
   16' Bourdon           68     16' Gedeckt           68
    8' Open Diapason     68      8' Open Diapason     68
    8' Doppelflöte       68      8' Stopped Diapason  68
    8' Gemshorn          68      8' Viola di Gamba    68
    8' Chimney Flute     68      8' Voix Celeste      68
    4' Octave            68      8' Aeoline           68
    4' Harmonic Flute    68      4' Fugara            68
    2' Fifteenth         61      4' Flauto Traverso   68
  III  Mixture          204      2' Piccolo           61
    8' Trumpet           68    III  Dolce Cornet     204
    4' Clarion           68      8' Cornopean         68
       Super                     8' Oboe              68
       Chimes            CH      8' Vox Humana        68
       Harp              CH         Tremulant
                                    Sub
       CHOIR                        Super
    8' Geigen Principal  68         Chimes            CH
    8' Melodia           68         Harp              CH
    8' Dulciana          68
    8' Unda Maris        68         PEDAL
    4' Flûte d'Amour     68     16' Open Diapason     32
    4' Violina           68     16' Bourdon           32
2 2/3' Nazard            68     16' Gedeckt           SW
    2' Flageolet         61      8' Octave            12
    8' Clarinet          68      8' Stopped Flute     12
    8' Musette           68      8' Cello             32
       Tremulant                16' Trombone          32
       Sub                          Chimes            CH
       Super
       Chimes (Deagan A) 25
       Harp              61
       Harp Sub

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

Websites

The Council of Independent Colleges: Historic Campus Architecture Project [Marygrove Chapel page] - Photograph (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)