Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Opus 3229 (1974)

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
330 Ferry Street
Easton, PA

Images

2020-03-29 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2017-04-03 - Church interior to rear, organ and exposed pipes (Photograph by Adam F. Dieffenbach, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2017-04-03 - View of complete organ from front of Gallery (Photograph by Adam F. Dieffenbach/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
30 stops
30 registers
4 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has sequencer
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2006-11-10 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ is housed in two cases in the rear gallery. The main case holds the Great (right), Swell (center), and Pedal (left). The Ruckpositiv is housed in its own case on the gallery rail. -Database Manager

2007-03-10 - Updated through on-line information from Mark Dennis. -- The Rückpositiv is unencased on the gallery rail. -Database Manager

2010-11-02 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2015-07-25 - Updated through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. The tonal director was Gerhard Brunzema. -Database Manager

2017-05-04 - Updated by Adam F. Dieffenbach, the builder.<br> Console rebuilt ca. 2016 by Emery Brothers, Allentown, Pa, with Opus Two combination action and switching. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

     Easton, Pennsylvania
     St. John's Lutheran Church

     Casavant   Op. 3229   1974   3/40

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

     GREAT                       RUCKPOSITIV
 16' Bordun         56        8' Gedackt        56
  8' Prinzipal      56        4' Prinzipal      56
  8' Hohlflöte      56        4' Koppelflöte    56
  4' Oktave         56        2' Gemshorn       56
  4' Nachthorn      56       II  Sesquialtera  112
  2' Waldflöte      56      III  Zimbel        168     
 IV  Mixtur        224        8' Krummhorn      56
  8' Trompete       56           Tremulant

     SWELL                       PEDAL
  8' Rohrflöte      56       16' Subbass        32
  8' Salizional     56        8' Prinzipal      32
  8' Vox coelestis  49 gg     8' Gedacktpommer  32
  4' Spitzflöte     56        4' Choralbass     32
  2' Prinzipal      56      III  Mixtur         96
III  Scharf        168       16' Posaune  L/2   32
  8' Oboe           56        8' Trompete       32
     Tremulant                4' Schalmei       32

[Received online from Jeff Scofield November 1, 2010]