Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2780 (1964)

St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Whitemarsh
7020 Camp Hill Road
Fort Washington, PA

Images

2014-02-12 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018-12-24 - Church interior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018-12-24 - Chancel and exposed pipework (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
44 stops
46 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-03-12 - Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Replaced Aeolian-Skinner Opus 969 (1937). -Database Manager

2010-10-31 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Renovations and additions in 2003 by un-named company. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania
       St. Thomas Episcopal Church

       Casavant   Op. 2780   1964   3/55

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

       GREAT                        SWELL
   16' Quintaden        61       8' Rohrflöte          61
    8' Principal        61       8' Salicional         61
    8' Bordun           61       8' Salicional Celeste 54 GG
    4' Octave           61       4' Gemshorn           61
    4' Rohrgedackt      61       2' Spitzprincipal     61
2 2/3' Quinte           61      IV  Scharff           244
    2' Superoctave      61      16' Fagott     L/2     61
   IV  Mixture         244       8' Trompete           61
       Unison Off                4' Oboe               61
       Chimes (existing)            Tremulant
                                    Sub
       CHOIR                        Unison Off
    8' Nachthorn        61          Super
    8' Quintadena       61
    8' Erzähler         61          PEDAL
    8' Erzähler Celeste 54 GG   16' Contrebasse        32
    4' Spitzflöte       61      16' Subbass            32
    2' Waldflöte        61      16' Quintaden          GT
1 1/3' Quintflöte       61       8' Spitzprincipal     32
    8' Krummhorn        61       8' Gedacktpommer      32
       Tremulant                 4' Octave             32
       Sub                       4' Rohrflöte          32
       Unison Off                2' Nachthorn          32
       Super                    IV  Mixture           128
                                16' Posaune            32
       POSITIV                  16' Fagott             SW
    8' Gedackt          61       4' Schalmei           32
    4' Principal        61
    4' Koppelflöte      61
2 2/3' Nasat            61
    2' Octave           61
    2' Blockflöte       61
1 3/5' Terz             61
  III  Zimbel          183
    8' Regal            61
       Tremulant
       Unison Off

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield October 30, 2010]