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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1506 (1935)

St. Hugo of the Hills Roman Catholic Church: St. Hugo MacManus Memorial Chapel, Stoneycroft
2215 Opdyke Road
Bloomfield Hills, MI

Images

2023-06-16 - Chapel exterior (Photograph by Kelly Luther Stultz, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-06-16 - Chapel interior to front (Photograph by Kelly Luther Stultz, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-06-16 - Chapel interior to rear and organ (Photograph by Kelly Luther Stultz, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
26 stops
24 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 coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons

Notes

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

2010-06-22 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2017-05-07 - Rebuilt by Patrick J. Murphy and Associates, 2014 -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

   Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
   St. Hugo MacManus Chapel, "Stoneycroft"
   
   Casavant   Op. 1506   1931   2/24

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

   GREAT (enclosed)             SWELL
8' Open Diapason     68     16' Gedeckt           68
8' Violin Diapason   68      8' Open Diapason     68
8' Spitz Flute       68      8' Stopped Diapason  68
8' Flute Celeste GG  61      8' Viola da Gamba    68
8' Dulciana          68      8' Voix Celeste   GG 61
4' Principal         68      8' Aeoline           68
8' Clarinet          68      8' Vox Angelica   GG 61
   Tremulant                 4' Traverse Flute    68
   Sub                       8' Oboe (French)     68
   Unison Off                8' Vox Humana        68
   Super                        Tremulant
   Chimes            EC         Sub
                                Unison Off
   ECHO                         Super
8' Chimney Flute     68         Chimes            EC
8' Muted Viole       68
8' Viole Celeste     68         PEDAL
8' Musette           68     16' Major Bass        32
   Tremulant                16' Bourdon           32
   Chimes (Deagan A) 25     16' Echo Bourdon      32
                            16' Gedeckt           SW
                             8' Stopped Flute     12

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield June 17, 2010.]

Websites

Chapel Organ | St. Hugo of the Hills Catholic Church - History, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#47261 - Patrick J. Murphy & Associates Organbuilders (2014)