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Casavant Frères Opus 2739(R) (2001)

St. John's Episcopal Church
123 N. Michigan Ave.
Saginaw, MI

Images

2011-04-07 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-12-24 - Chancel and stained-glass windows (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2016-11-19 - Church interior looking from choir in the rear to the altar in the front. (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-05-20 - Console, pipe facade and choir at rear of church (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
2 manuals
28 stops
39 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 56 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: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-06-21 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Originally installed in 1963 as 2/33, retaining 13 existing stops. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Saginaw, Michigan
       St. John's Episcopal Church

       Casavant   Op. 2739   1963/2001   2/34

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

       GREAT
   16' Gedeckt       56  stoppers releathered; offset pipes and chest
                         repaired as needed and relocated on top of Swell
                         enclosure with separate reservoir; actions 10-32
                         unified
    8' Prinzipal     56
    8' Oktav         36  1-20 from 16' Pedal Prinzipal; 21-56 new pipes
                         and chest over Pedal trebles
    8' Rohrflöte     56
    4' Oktav         56
    4' Spitzflöte    56
    2' Oktav         56
   IV  Mixtur       224
    8' Trompete      56  revoiced with new shallots and tongues; action
                         unified
    8' Oboe          SW
       Unison Off
       MIDI

       SWELL
    8' Salizional    56  revoiced
    8' Vox Coelestis 44  tc
    8' Gedackt       56
    4' Prinzipal     56
    4' Koppelflöte   56
    2' Waldflöte     56
1 1/3' Nasat         56
   II  Sesquialtera  88  tc; relocated on Zimbel III action on new toeboard
  III  Plein Jeu    168  new pipes and toeboard on 16' Dulzian action
   16' Bassoon       12  new half-length pipes with caps, with chest and 
                         stays, located on present II Sesquialtera position;
                         extension of 8' Oboe
    8' Oboe          56  revoiced with new tongues; action unified
    8' Clarinet      56  new pipes and stays on 4' Kleinklarine action
       Tremulant
       Unison Off
    8' Trompete      GT
       MIDI

       PEDAL
   32' Subbass       --  resultant, from PD 16' Subbass and GT 16' Gedackt
   16' Prinzipal     32  1-5 turned around for better speech; collapsed
                         miter on no. 1 replaced; tuning scrolls for front
                         pipes 10-12 repaired
   16' Subbass       32  stoppers releathered
   16' Gedackt       GT
    8' Oktav         32
    8' Gemshorn      32  "Pommer"
    4' Choralbass    32
    4' Flöte         32  new pipes on 4' Schalmei action
   II  Rauschquinte  64  
   16' Posaune       12  new full-length ext. of GT Trompete; located in 
                         place of GT 16' Gedackt offset chest
   16' Fagott        32  revoiced with new tongues
   16' Bassoon       SW
    8' Trompete      GT
    8' Oboe          SW
    4' Klarine       GT
    4' Oboe          SW
       MIDI

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