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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2848-A (1987)

Nardin Park United Methodist Church: Sanctuary
29887 W. Eleven Mile Rd.
Farmington Hills, MI

Images

2020-03-06 - Console and Positiv (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-06-10 - Cantilevered Positiv chest (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-06-10 - Chancel and stained glass window (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-06-10 - Console (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-06-10 - Swell chamber (Photograph by Roman Lizak/Roman Lizak)

2020-06-10 - Right Stopjamb (Photograph by Roman Lizak/Roman Lizak)

2020-06-10 - Left Stopjamb (Photograph by Roman Lizak/Roman Lizak)

2020-06-10 - Builder’s Nameplate (Photograph by Roman Lizak/Roman Lizak)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
39 stops
33 registers
4 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

2010-06-27 - Identified through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Originally installed in 1965 as 2/27 Op. 2848. The Positif is on a cantileverd chest in front of the right chamber. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Farmington Hills, Michigan
       Nardin Park United Methodist Church

       Casavant   Op. 2848   1986   3/46

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

       The contract was for additions and a new console

       GRAND ORGUE
    8' Montre           56  existing pipes and chest(Principal)
    8' Flûte à cheminée 56  existing pipes and chest(Rohrflöte)
    8' Flûte douce      56  existing pipes and chest(Erzähler)
    4' Prestant         56  existing pipes and chest(Octave)
    4' Flûte conique    56  existing pipes and chest(Spitzflöte)
    2' Flûte à bec      56  existing pipes and chest(Blockflöte)
   IV  Fourniture      224  existing pipes and chest(Mixture)
   16' Douçaine         PO
    8' Trompette        56  new unit chest and pipes
       Chimes               existing

       RÉCIT
    8' Bourdon          61  existing pipes and chest(Gedeckt)
    8' Viole de gambe   61  existing pipes and chest(Salicional)
    8' Voix céleste  tc 49  existing pipes and chest(S. Celeste)
    4' Principal        61  new pipes on Gemshorn 4' chest
    4' Flûte à fuseau   61  existing pipes and chest(koppelfl.)
    2' Principal        61  existing pipes and chest
   II  Sesquialtera    122  new pipes and chest
  III  Plein Jeu       183  new pipes and chest
  III  Cymbale         183  existing pipes and chest
   16' Basson           61  Existing pipes and chest; 1-12 half-length (Former pedal 16' Fagott with new treble pipes)
    8' Trompette        61  existing pipes and chest; revoiced at factory
    4' Clairon          61  new pipes and chest
       Tremblant
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super

       POSITIF (unenclosed, new pipes and chests)
    8' Flûte majeure    56
    4' Prestant         56
    4' Flûte à cheminée 56
2 2/3' Nazard           56
    2' Quarte de nazard 56
1 3/5' Tierce           56
   IV  Cymbale         224
    8' Douçaine         56
       Tremblant            does not affect Douçaine

       PÉDALE
   32' Soubasse         Derived
   16' Principal        32  existing pipes and chest
   16' Soubasse         32  existing pipes and chest
    8' Octavebasse      12 (Principal)
    8' Flûte bouchée    12 (Gedeckt)
    4' Octave           32 (Principal)
  III  Mixture          96
   32' Contre bombarde  12 Notes- Digital extension
   16' Bombarde         12  full-length extension of GO Trompette- new
   16' Basson           32  half-length, existing pipes and chest
    8' Trompette        GO
    4' Douçaine         PO

       

Stops in parantheses are the ranks from the former organ that were revoiced in the 1987 rebuilding and enlargement

[Received online from Jeff Scofield  June 29, 2010]
[Updated and corrected by Roman Lizak June 10, 2020)

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