Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2781 (1964)

United Methodist Church of Hartford / First Methodist: Sanctuary
571 Farmington Ave.
Hartford, CT

Images

2017-04-05 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018-05-27 - Church interior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-10-16 - Church interior, chancel and exposed pipes (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1016-03-27 - Chancel and console (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
6 stops
33 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys 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

2006-03-27 - Identified through online information from Scott Lamlein. -- Retains original Austin console shell. New Austin console interior components, 1970s. Additional reed chorus work and chamade, 1980s, from Aeolian-Skinner at Congregational Church of Wallingford, Connecticut (which received new Casavant reeds). Work completed by Richard Knapp, then organist. -Database Manager

2010-11-30 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Hartford, Connecticut
       First Methodist Church

       Casavant   Op. 2781   1964   3/45

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

       GREAT                           SWELL
   16' Quintade             56      8' Salicional         56
    8' Montre               56      8' Salicional Celeste 49 GG
    8' Bourdon              56      8' Flûte de Bois      56
    4' Prestant             56      4' Principal          56
    4' Flûte à Cheminée     56      4' Flûte Ouverte      56
    2' Flûte à Bec          56      2' Doublette          56
   IV  Fourniture          224     IV  Fourniture        224
    8' Trompette (hooded)   56      8' Hautbois           56
       Chimes (existing)              (Trompette scale)
                                       Tremolo
       POSITIV
    8' Flûte Bouchée        56         PEDAL
    8' Flûte Conique (soft) 56     16' Contrebasse        32 metal
    4' Principal Conique    56     16' Soubasse           32 wood
    4' Flûte à Fuseau       56     16' Quintade           GT
    2' Cor à Chamois        56      8' Principal          32
1 1/3' Larigot              56      8' Bourdon            12
    1' Galoubet             56      4' Basse de Chorale   32
   II  Sesquialtera        112      4' Flûte              12
  III  Cymbale             168     IV  Mixture           128
    8' Cromorne (bright)    56     16' Bombarde    L/2    32
       Tremolo                      4' Chalumeau (à chem) 32

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield  November 27, 2010]