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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2134-A (1954)

Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Episcopal
4800 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI

Images

1994-04-19 - Church Interior and Altar (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
4 manuals
47 stops
55 registers
5 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: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-06-15 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- This contract was for the addition of 18 new stops and new chests and other parts; originally installed in 1920 as 4/38 Austin Op. 955; new Casavant console in 1952; rebuilt and enlarged to 4/96 in 1991 by Pilzecker. Stop and rank counts are approximate since there is no clear-cut documentation giving the stoplist after the 1954 additions. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Detroit, Michigan
       Cathedral Church of St. Paul

       Casavant   Op. 2134   1954

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

       Supply and connect to the existing console the following:

       GREAT
   16' Flute Conique      68 new pipes - chest
    8' Violin Diapason    68 old pipes - chest
    8' Chimney Flute      68 new pipes - chest
    8' Gemshorn           68 old pipes - chest
    4' Principal          68 new pipes - chest
    4' Hohl Flute         68 old pipes - chest
    2' Super Octave       61 new pipes - chest
  III  Mixture 12-19-22  183 new pipes - chest
  III  Cymbal  22-26-29  183 new pipes - chest
    8' Tromba             68 new pipes - chest
      (Tromba enclosed in Choir expression box)

       SWELL
    4' Clarion            68 new pipes
      (to replace the existing 8' Vox Humana)

       CHOIR
    8' Melodia            68 old pipes - chest
    8' Cor de Nuit        68 new pipes - chest
    8' Quintadena         68 old pipes - chest
    8' Dulciana           68 old pipes - chest
    8' Unda Maris      GG 61 new pipes - chest
    4' Violina            68 new pipes - chest
    4' Koppelflöte        68 new pipes - chest
2 2/3' Nazard             61 new pipes - chest
    2' Blockflöte         61 new pipes - chest
1 1/3' Larigot            61 new pipes - chest
    8' Clarinet           68 new pipes - chest
       Tremulant

       PEDAL
   16' Open Diapason      32 old pipes - chest
   16' Bourdon            32 new pipes - chest
   16' Violone            32 old pipes - chest
   16' Flute Conique      GT           - chest
   16' Dulciana           32 new pipes - chest
    8' Octave             12 old pipes - chest
    8' Stopped Flute      12 new pipes - chest
    8' Cello              12 old pipes - chest
    4' Choralbass         12 old pipes - chest
  III  Mixture 12-19-22   96 new pipes - chest

ORGAN: Choir expression box
       Relay for Tromba 8 Grand Orgue
       Off chests 24 notes
       Stays
       Bellows
       Wind trunks from bellows to chests
       One expression motor for Choir
       Bellows for the Tromba 8

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield June 25, 2010.]

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