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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1550-R (1965)

St. John's Episcopal Church: Church
2326 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, IL

Images

Unknown - Church Interior, Altar and Organ Case (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1974)/Database Manager)

1994-05-20 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
4 manuals
48 stops
47 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Balanced Tracker)
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 toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

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

2010-06-19 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- This contract was with J. A. Hebert for console work at the plant, 17 new stops and parts for the organ. -Database Manager

2010-06-20 - Updated through online information from Charles Kennedy. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from the console May 19, 1994 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Detroit, Michigan
       St. John's Episcopal Church

       Casavant   Op. 1550   1937/1965   4/57

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

       * pipework added in this rebuild
       
       GREAT                         SWELL
   16' Quintade      61 *        16' Gedackt         61
    8' Principal     61           8' Bourdon         61   
    8' Bourdon       61 *         8' Salicional      61
    8' Gemshorn      61           8' Voix Celeste    61
    4' Octave        61           4' Octave          61
    4' Wald Flute    61           4' Flauto Traverso 61
2 2/3' Twelfth       61           2' Flautino        61
    2' Fifteenth     61         III  Scharf         183 *
   IV  Mixture      244 *        16' Fagott          61
    8' Trompette     61 *         8' Trompette       61
       Tremulant                  8' Oboe            61
       Sub                        8' Vox Humana      61
       Unison Off                 4' Clarion         61
       Super                         Tremulant
       Blank                         Sub
       Blank                         Unison Off
                                     Super
       POSITIV                       Blank
    8' Gedackt       61 *            Blank
    4' Sptizflöte    61 *            Blank
    2' Principal     61 *
   II  Sesquialtera 122 *            CHOIR
  III  Zimbel       183 *         8' Principal       61
       Tremulant                  8' Gedackt         61 *
       Unison Off                 8' Dulciana        61
       Blank                      8' Unda Maris      61
                                  4' Fugara          61
       PEDAL                      4' Flute           61
   16' Principal     32       2 2/3' Nasat           61 *
   16' Bourdon       32 a         2' Piccolo         61
   16' Quintade      GT           8' Clarinet        61
    8' Octave        32              Tremulant
    8' Pommer        32 *            Sub
    4' Octave        32 *            Unison Off
    4' Rohrflöte     32 *            Super
  III  Mixture       96 *
   16' Trombone      32 b         a  new blocks and toes
    8' Trombone      12 b         b  revoice at plant
    4' Clarion       32 *

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield June 19, 2010.]

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