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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2640 (1963)

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Richland Stake House
1720 Thayer Drive
Richland, WA

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2023-08-23 - Renovated console with new stops, pistons, and display screen with MIDI software (Photograph by William Thayer/William Thayer)

2017-11-09 - Exposed pipe work in sanctuary (Photograph by Andrea Slack/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console (Photograph by Andrea Slack/Database Manager)

2010-04-10 - Console (Photograph by John Spencer/Database Manager)

2024-05-18 - Swell pipework (William Thayer/William Thayer)

2017-11-09 - Exposed pipework in front (Andrea Slack/Jim Stettner)

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Notes

2006-11-28 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Contract signed January 15, 1960. Cost: $14,000.00. Installed late in 1963. Dedication recital by Alexander Schreiner on Nov. 13, 1963. Front of room has organ in stacked formation. Blower, wind system, mechanical room at bottom. Swell chambered immediately overhead. Great and Pedal in symmetrical display over Swell. The contract was signed on January 15, 1960, and the cost was $14,100.00. The organ was installed in late 1963, and the dedication recital was performed by Mormon Tabernacle organist Alexander Schreiner on Wednesday, November 13, 1963. -Database Manager

2007-06-20 - Updated through online information from Stanley R. Scheer. -- The Swell is enclosed within a chamber beneath the exposed pipework. The Great and Pedal are free-standing and visible. -Database Manager

2011-10-03 - Updated through online information from John Spencer. -Database Manager

2025-06-05 - The console has been upgraded to Syndyne solid state to replace the original Freie Kombination. New stoprail. Some blank rocker tablets added for future additions. -Jim Stettner


Stoplist

FINGER PISTONS: General 1-4, 0 [General Cancel]; TOE STUDS: General 1-4, Great to Pedal (reversible); PEDAL MOVEMENTS: Swell Expression (balanced), Crescendo (balanced). NOTES: The organ is installed at the front of the auditorium with the wind system and relays at the base. The enclosed Swell is over the wind and mechanical area, and the Great and Pedal are exposed in symmetrical display on top. The contract was signed on January 15, 1960, and the cost was $14,100.00. The organ was installed in late 1963, and the dedication recital was performed by Mormon Tabernacle organist Alexander Schreiner on Wednesday, November 13, 1963. The Great Mixture tablet is engraved as IV, but the actual Mixture is III-IV. The combinations are set by Frei Kombination toggle switches above the stops. Sources: C-FOL; church files; JRS; extant organ [Received from James R. Stettner 2013-05-27.] Source: Stoplist copied from the console June, 1997

Great Rohr Flöte 8, Spitz Principal 8, Principal 4, Mixture 1⅓ IV (Beginning composition: 19-22-26-29)

Swell Lieblich Gedeckt 8, Viole de Gambe 8, Voix Celeste [tc] 8, Nazard 2⅔, Nacht Horn 4, Principal 2, Tremulant, Trompette 8

Pedal Bourdon 16, Principal 8, Choral Bass 4

Great to Pedal 8 (Great to Pedal), Swell to Pedal 8 (Swell to Pedal), Swell to Great 8 (Swell to Great)


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