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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1250 (1928)

Boulevard Temple Methodist Church: Sanctuary
2567 W. Grand Blvd.
Detroit, MI

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
46 stops
42 registers
6 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. In 1962, the apartment complex to the left of the sanctuary was converted into units for retirees; the church closed in 1973; in 1975, the buildings were converted into the Boulevard Temple Retirement Community. -Database Manager

2013-01-21 - Updated through online information from William M. Worden. -- The church sanctuary was converted to a multi-story nursing facility probably more than twenty years ago. I do not know the disposition of the organ, but it is no longer there. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Detroit, Michigan
    Boulevard Temple M. E. Church
    
    Casavant   Op. 1250   1928   4/46

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

    GREAT                           SWELL
16' Double Open Diapason 73     16' Bourdon           73
 8' Diapason             73      8' Open Diapason     73
 8' Violin Diapason      73      8' Stopped Diapason  73
 8' Doppelflöte          73      8' Viola di Gamba    73
 8' Salicional           73      8' Voix Céleste      73
 4' Octave               73      4' Principal         73
 4' Harmonic Flute       73      4' Flauto Traverso   73
 2' Super Octave         61      2' Piccolo           61
 8' Tromba               73      V  Cornet           365
    Super                        8' Cornopean         73
    Harp                 CH      8' Oboe              73
                                    Tremulant
    CHOIR                           Sub
 8' Open Diapason        73         Super
 8' Melodia              73         Harp              CH
 8' Dulciana             73
 4' Wald Flute           73         SOLO
 2' Flageolet            61      8' Stentorphone      73
 8' Clarinet             73      8' Gross Flute       73
    Tremulant                    8' Gross Gamba       73
    Sub                          8' Gamba Céleste     73
    Super                        4' Fugara            73
    Harp                 61     16' Tuba Major        73
    Harp Sub                     8' Tuba Magna        73
                                 4' Tuba Clarion      73
    PEDAL                           Tremulant
32' Double Open Diapason 12 *       Sub
16' Open Diapason        32         Super
16' Bourdon              32         Harp              CH
16' Gedeckt              SW
 8' Flute                12         ECHO
 8' Violoncello          32      8' Cor de Nuit       73
 8' Gedeckt              SW      8' Aeoline           73
16' Trombone             32      8' Vox Angelica      73
                                 8' Vox Humana        73
 *  twelve quints                   Chimes (Deagan A) 25

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

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