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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 994 (1923)

Christ Church, Episcopal
5 Paterson Street
New Brunswick, NJ

Images

1923-11-01 - Nave and Organ Case (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
21 stops
23 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Has combination thumb pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons

Notes

2005-05-02 - The original console was placed at the front of the room, in front of the lectern. Revoiced by Ernest M. Skinner in 1941. New four-manual Möller console ca. 1950. -Database Manager

2005-05-03 - Information from "The Organs of Christ Church," brochure published by the church, 2001. -Database Manager

2010-10-12 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Retained the existing case; rebuilt by Aeolian-Skinner ca. 1956 as 3/34 Op. 1315, retaining sixteen ranks; 4-manual Möller console added at some point; some tonal changes by Ken Wolfe; replaced by Richards, Fowkes Op. 12 in 2000. -Database Manager

2010-10-21 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2019-10-24 - Updated by Mark A. Trautman, who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br>Möller console was installed in 1949. Organ was rebuilt by Aeolian Skinner (Joseph Whiteford) in 1957--four manuals and pedal, 24 stops. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

   New Brunswick, New Jersey
   Christ Church, Episcopal

   Casavant   Op. 994   1923   3/21

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

   GREAT                       CHOIR
8' Open Diapason     68    16' Bourdon           68
8' Stopped Diapason  68     8' Open Diapason     68
8' Salicional        68     8' Stopped Diapason  68
4' Principal         68     8' Viola di Gamba    68
8' Trumpet           68     8' Voix Céleste      49
   Super                    8' Aeoline           68
                            4' Harmonic Flute    68
   CHOIR                    2' Piccolo           61
8' Melodia           68     8' Cornopean         68
8' Dulciana          68     8' Oboe              68
4' Waldflöte         68        Tremulant
8' Clarinet          68        Sub
   Tremulant                   Super
   Sub
   Super                       PEDAL
                           16' Open Diapason     30
                           16' Bourdon           30
                           16' Gedeckt           SW
                            8' Stopped Flute     12

[Received online from Jeff Scofield  October 15, 2010]

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