Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3170 (1973)

First Presbyterian Church: cases, positif on rail
400 Glen Street
Glens Falls, NY

Images

2023-11-02 - Gallery organ (Photograph by Johann Vexo/Johann Vexo)

2015-08-26 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

December 2015 - Church interior, organ and case (Photograph by Sam Cherubin, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
40 stops
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
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

2006-01-21 - Identified through online information from K. Bryan Kirk. -- This neo-Baroque organ was designed initally by Lawrence Phelps, but later supervised during the transition by Gerhard Brunzema. It is in the rear gallery of the 1928 Cram Gothic building in free-standing cases. It is also playable from the front console of Reuter Opus 2148 of 1991-2004. A chamade reed, added by Reuter in 1991 when the front chancel organ was installed, is mounted on top of the casework, but not playable from the Casavant console. Recit division is enclosed and located in south tower. Positif on gallery rail position. All façade pipes are speaking. -Database Manager

2010-09-28 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- At some point, an additional 46-note (tc) was added to the Grand Orgue Montre to become a Montre II. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Glens Falls, New York
       First Presbyterian Church

       Casavant   Op. 3170   1973   3/59

       Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
       St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
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       GRAND ORGUE                   RÉCIT
   16' Bourdon           58       8' Bourdon           58
    8' Montre            58 *     8' Viole de gambe    58
    8' Flûte à cheminée  58       8' Voix céleste   tc 46
    4' Prestant          58       4' Octave            58
    4' Flûte conique     58       4' Flûte octaviante  58
    2' Doublette         58       2' Octavin           58
  III  Cornet           174       V  Plein Jeu        290
   IV  Fourniture       232      16' Basson            58
  III  Cymbale          174       8' Hautbois          58
    8' Trompette         58       8' Voix humaine      58
                                  4' Clairon           58
       POSITIF                       Tremblant
    8' Flûte bouchée     58
    4' Prestant          58          PÉDALE
    4' Flûte à fuseau    58      16' Montre            32
2 2/3' Nasard            58      16' Soubasse          32
    2' Quarte de nasard  58       8' Octavebasse       32
1 3/5' Tierce            58       8' Bourdon           32
1 1/3' Larigot           58       4' Basse de choral   32
   IV  Fourniture       232      IV  Fourniture       128
  III  Cymbale          174      16' Bombarde          32
    8' Cromorne          58       8' Trompette         32
       Tremblant                  4' Chalumeau         32

    *  tc rank added at some point to become 8' Montre II  104