Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3323 (1976)

Bethesda Lutheran Church: Sanctuary
450 Whitney Avenue
New Haven, CT

Images

2019-07-11 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2016-05-02 - Case Facade (Photograph by Mike Loukides/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
18 stops
19 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2006-02-19 - Identified through on-line information from Nathan Smith. -Database Manager

2010-11-30 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- The existing console was retained. -Database Manager

2016-05-04 - Information from Mike Loukides -- currently console has a nameplate that says, "Console by Austin Organ Co." -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    New Haven, Connecticut
    Bethesda Lutheran Church

    Casavant   Op. 3323   1976   2/25

    Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
    St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
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    HAUPTWERK                 SCHWELLWERK          PEDAL
 8' Prinzipal       56     8' Bordun     56    16' Subbass   32
 8' Rohrflöte       56     8' Salizional 56     8' Oktavbass 32
 4' Oktav           56     4' Oktav      56     8' Bordun    12
 4' Spitzflöte      56     2' Oktav      56     4' Oktav     32
 2' Flachflöte      56   III  Scharf    168    II  Mixtur    64
II  Sesquialtera tc 88     8' Trompete   56    16' Fagot     32
IV  Mixtur         224        Tremulant           (cylindrical)

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield  November 27, 2010]