Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus N° 3265 (1975)

Oakland University: Varner Hall
2200 N. Squirrel Rd.
Rochester, MI

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2021-03-29 - Builder nameplate (Photograph by Covenant Organs, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-03-29 - Console (Photograph by Covenant Organs, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-03-21 - Pedalboard and expression pedal (Photograph by Covenant Organs, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-03-29 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Covenant Organs, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-03-29 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Covenant Organs, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-03-29 - Organ case and exposed pipes (Photograph by Covenant Organs, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
21 stops
21 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: None

Notes

2010-07-20 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2021-03-29 - Removed by Covenant Organs and offered for sale in April 2021 due to renovation of the auditorium, which includes no further use for the organ. -Jeff Scofield

2021-03-31 - The 1977 OHS Convention booklet shows a 1 1/3' Sifflöte in the Brustwerk and no 4' Rohrschalmei. This appears to accord with the photos of the stop knobs. -William M Worden

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist taken from photos of the keydesk taken March 29, 2021 March 31, 2021

Rochester, Michigan
Oakland University

Casavant-Frères, Ltée., Nº 3265, 1975


       HAUPTWERK                             COUPLERS (Drawknob)
    8' Praestant            51 a             BW/Ped
    8' Hohlflöte            56               HW/Ped
    4' Oktave               56
    4' Spitzflöte           56               BW/HW
    2' Oktave               56
    2' Waldflöte            56
   II  Sesquialtera   (tc)  88               MISC. CONTROLS
    V  Mixtur              280               Zimbelstern   [toggle]   On/Off
    8' Trompete             56

                                             PEDAL MOVEMENTS
       BRUSTWERK (Expressive)                Brustwerk Expression     (bal.)
    8' Holzgedackt          56
    4' Rohrflöte            56
    2' Prinzipal            56
1.1/3' Sifflote             56
  III  Zimbel              168
    8' Regal                56
       Tremulant
                                             ACTION: Mech. Key & Stop

       PEDAL                                 VOICES: 21
   16' Subbass              32
    8' Oktave               32               STOPS: 21
    4' Oktave               32
   IV  Mixtur              128               RANKS: 31
   16' Fagott               32 b
    8' Trompete             32               PIPES: 1,491


NOTES
The preceding stoplist (which was copied from March 2021 photos) differs
from the factory specifications on three accounts: The Brustwerk has a
1.1/3' Sifflote and not a 4' Rohrschalmei, the 2' stop is engraved Prin-
zipal and not Kleinprinzipal, and the Zimbel is III-ranks, not IV ranks.

a  F1 to 5 from Hohlflöte
b  cylindrical

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Stoplist courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives Date not recorded

    Rochester, Michigan
    Oakland University

    Casavant   Op. 3265   1975   2/32

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

    HAUPTWERK                  BRUSTWERK (exp)           PEDAL
 8' Praestant       51 a    8' Holzgedackt     56    16' Subbass  32
 8' Hohlflöte       56      4' Rohrflöte       56     8' Oktave   32
 4' Oktave          56      2' Kleinprinzipal  56     4' Oktave   32
 4' Spitzflöte      56     IV  Zimbel         224    IV  Mixtur  128
 2' Oktave          56      8' Regal           56    16' Fagott   32 b
 2' Waldflöte       56      4' Rohrschalmei    56     8' Trompete 32
II  Sesquialtera tc 88         Tremulant
 V  Mixtur         280
 8' Trompete        56

 a  F1 to 5 from Hohlflöte                            b  cylindrical

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield  July 20, 2010]