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Casavant Frères Opus 2448-B (1995)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
1250 Watson Rd.
Mount Pleasant, MI

Images

2021-02-03 - Church interior from balcony (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-09-09 - Church interior and organ chambers (Photograph by J Granger & Associates, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
25 stops
43 registers
3 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: 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

2010-06-25 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- New console and additional tonal changes. Originally installed in 1958 as 2/22 Casavant Op. 2448; renovation and additions by Casavant in 1990. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

             Mount Pleasant, Michigan
             First Presbyterian Church

             Casavant   Op. 2448   1958/1995

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

             GRAND ORGUE
 1.      16' Bourdon          12
 2.       8' Montre           68
 3.       8' Dulciana         68
 4.       8' Flûte harmonique 68
 5.       8' Flûte à cheminée 68
 6.       4' Prestant         68
 7.       4' Flûte douce      12
 8.       2' Doublette        61
 9.     III  Fourniture      183
10.      16' Cromorne         12
11.      16' Basson           RE
12.       8' Trompette        61
13.       8' Cromorne         68
             Sub
             Unison Off
             Super

             RÉCIT
14.       8' Principal         68  existing pipes and chest
15.       8' Bourdon           68  existing pipes anc chest
16.       8' Aéoline           68  existing pipes and chest
                                   rescaled with new CC and C#
17.       8' Céleste           61  existing pipes and chest
                                   rescaled witn new GG and GG#          
18.       4' Octave            68  possible Principal from Op. 2314
19.       4' Flûte à fuseau    61  new pipes on existing chest
20.   2 2/3' Nazard            61  new pipes on existing 
                                   Cornet rank 2 action
21.       2' Principal         61  existing 2 2/3' pipes cut to
                                   2' on existing action
22.       2' Flûte             61  existing pipes and chest
23.   1 3/5' Tierce            61  new pipes on existing 
                                   Cornet rank 3 action
24.  III-IV  Plein jeu        226  new pipes and toeboard on unit chest
25.      16' Basson            12  ext. of No. 27, new half-length pipes
                                   and toeboard on existing 16' Gedeckt action
26.       8' Trompette         68  existing pipes revoiced with
                                   new shallots and tongues
27.       8' Hautbois          61  new pipes, racks and racking on
                                   existing Cromorne 8' action
                                   modified with new unit actions
             Tremblant
             Sub
             Unison Off
             Super

             PÉDALE
28.      32' Résultante        --  from No. 30
29.      16' Principal conique 32  existing pipes and chest
30.      16' Soubasse          32  existing pipes anc chest
31.      16' Bourdon           GO
32.       8' Octavebasse       32  existing pipes and chest
33.       8' Principal conique 12  ext. of No. 29
34.       8' Bourdon           12  ext. of No. 30
35.       8' Flûte à cheminée  GO
36.       4' Octave            12  ext. of No. 32
37.       4' Flûte douce       GO
38.      16' Bombarde          12  ext. of No. 12, full-length
39.      16' Basson            RE
40.       8' Trompette         GO
41.       8' Hautbois          RE
42.       4' Clairon           GO
43.       4' Cromorne          GO

            [Received online from Jeff Scofield  February 13, 2011]

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