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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1552 (1939)

Bertha M. Fisher Home for Aged Little Sisters of the Poor
17550 Southfield Rd.
Detroit, MI

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
22 stops
3 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
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: None

Notes

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

2013-01-21 - Updated through online information from William M. Worden. -- The Bertha Fisher Home was demolished some years ago and replaced with a shopping center. I have no imformation on the disposition of the organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Detroit, Michigan
       Bertha M. Fisher Home for Aged Little Sisters of the Poor

       Casavant   Op. 1552   1939   2/3

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

       ACTUAL STOPS                         
       Bourdon             16'  85    
       Geigen Principal tc  8'  61     
       Dulciana         tc  8'  73     
                                         
       GREAT                   SWELL                   PEDAL
   16' Bourdon              8' Geigen Principal    16' Bourdon        
    8' Geigen Principal     8' Lieblich Gedeckt     8' Gedeckt
    8' Lieblich Gedeckt     8' Quintadena (syn)     4' Geigen
    8' Dulciana             8' Dulciana             4' Flute
    4' Violina              4' Violina              4' Dolce
    4' Dulcet               4' Dulcet
    4' Lieblich Flute       4' Lieblich Flute
2 2/3' Nazard               8' Oboe (synthetic)
    2' Superoctave             Tremulant

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

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