Pipe Organ Database

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Casavant Frères Ltée. (Opus 3756, 1997)

Location:

Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859 US
Music Building - Staples Family Concert Hall
Organ ID: 25220

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Colleges and Universities
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on August 07, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: EP pitman
  • 61 ranks. 3,382 pipes. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 41 stops. 68 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): EP pitman chests
  • Position: In center chambers at the front of the room. Facade pipes or case front visible.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on August 07, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 41
  • Registers: 68
  • Position: Movable console.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: Computerized/Digital system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has a Piston Sequencer
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on August 07, 2018.
Database Manager on July 22, 2010:

Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on July 21, 2010:

Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on February 13, 2007:

Information from online data (source: Casavant Freres website). Pipe count calculated from annotated stoplist.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist copied from the factory specifications
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Auditorium interior: Photograph by J. Granger & Associates, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2021-10-28

Console: Photograph by J. Granger & Associates, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2021-10-28

Auditorium interior: Photograph by J Granger & Associates, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2022-05-13

Exposed pipes: Photograph by J Granger & Associates, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 0222-05-13

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