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Casavant Frères Opus 2479-R (2013)

Mount Carmel Lutheran Church: Sanctuary
8424 W. Center St.
Milwaukee, WI

Images

2019-06-19 - Console: Swell & Pedal stopjamb (Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2019-06-19 - Console: Great & Choir stopjamb (Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2019-06-19 - Console (Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2019-06-19 - Organ case (Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2017-08-12 - Console and nave (Photograph by Larry Wheelock via Church Facebook, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2016-09-16 - Exposed pipes (Photograph by Larry Wheelock via Church Facebook, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2015-02-15 - Nave and stained-glass windows (Photograph by Laura Kestner-Ricketts via Church Facebook, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
30 stops
45 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 sequencer
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2015-09-08 - Originally installed in 1958 as 3/22; tonal changes by Casavant in 1978 as 3/38; refurbishment and tonal changes as 3/36 by Casavant in 2013, with Antiphonal removed. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist courtesy of the Casavant Freres Archives Date not recorded

       Milwaukee, Wisconsin
       Mount Carmel Lutheran Church

       Casavant   Op. 2479-R   2013   3/36
       __________________________________________________________________________

       GREAT (Relocated to center of gallery)

   16' Rohflöte           12  Antiph. pipes on new unit windchest
    8' Principal          61  Existing
    8' Violin             61  New pipes
    8' Rohrflöte          61  Antiph. pipes on new unit windchest
    4' Octave             61  Existing
    4' Waldflöte          61  Pedal pipes; 33-61 new pipes
2 2/3' Twelfth            61  Existing
    2' Fifteenth          61  Existing
   IV  Mixture 1⅓         244  1978, revoiced on site
    8' Tromba             17  1-44 from Pedal Trombone (1)
       Chimes                 Existing, reconnected

       Super                  Relocated as a tilting tabliet


       SWELL (Expressive)

    8' Gedeckt            68  Existing, damaged wood pipes repaired
    8' Salicional         68  Existing, repaired and revoiced in workshop
    8' Voix Celeste       61  Existing, repaired and revoiced in workshop
    4' Principal          68  Existing
    4' Flauto Traverso    68  Existing, damaged wood pipes repaired
    2' Flachflöte         61  1978
  III  Plein Jeu 2       183  Existing, revoiced on site
   16' Bombarde           12  Existing, repaired as needed, revoiced w/new tongues
    8' Trompette          68  Existing, repaired as needed, revoiced w/new tongues
    8' Schalmei           68  1978, repaired as needed and revoiced w/new tongues
    4' Clarion            --  ext. of Trompette; top notes repeat
       Tremulant

       Sub                   Relocated as a tilting tablet
       Super                 Relocated as a tilting tablet


       CHOIR (Expressive)

   16' Cor De Nuit        12  Existing, stoppers releathered
    8' Bourdon            68  From Great, pipes washed and cannisters refelted,
                              on Cor de Nuit 8 action, to be unified
    8' Erzähler           68  Existing
    8' Erzähler Celeste   49  New pipes
    4' Spitz Principal    61  Antiph. piipes on new unit windchest
    4' Rohrflöte          68  From Great on Spitzflöte 4 action
2 2/3' Nazard             61  New pipes on existing action
    2' Flute              61  New pipes on existing action
1 3/5' Tierce             61  New pipes on existing action
   II  Rausch Quinte 1⅓  112  Antiph. pipes on Zimbel action; revoiced on site
    8' Krummhorn          68  1978; repaired as need; revoiced w/new tongues
                             and new tuning sleeves
       Tremulant
    8' Tromba            GT

       Sub                   Relocated as a tilting tablet
       Super                 Relocated as a tilting tablet


       PEDAL (Relocated to center of gallery)

   32' Resultant          --  Subbass 16 and Cor de nuit 16
   16' Principal          12  Existing, ext. of Principal 8; revoiced on site
   16' Subbass            32  Existing, stoppers releathered
   16' Rohrflöte          GT
   16' Cor De Nuit        CH
    8' Principal          32  Existing
    8' Bass Flute         12
    4' Choralbass         12
   16' Trombone           32  New full-length pipes
   16' Bombarde           SW
    8' Tromba             12
    4' Clairon            12

       Zimbelstern        10  bells, located in Choir

   (1) Tonally, the Great Tromba 8' shall be designed as an extention of the
       Pedal Trombone 16-8-4 rank, this to have substantial weight and scale.

      [Received from Jeff Scofield September 8, 2015]

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