Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3001 (1969)

Christ Episcopal Church
1060 Chandler Road
Lake Oswego, OR

Images

2020-03-17 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2017-12-09 - Console in relocated home (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2017-12-09 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2007-06-11 - Organ (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
15 stops
15 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-05-15 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Pedal 8' Bordun is taken from the 16' Subbass; however there are no extension pipes, so it only plays for 20 notes. The organ has four prepared-for stops - two each in the Swell and Pedal. Swell preps are III Scharf and 8' Oboe. Pedal preps are III Mixture and 16' Fagott. -Database Manager

2007-06-12 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- I visited the organ last week and found that in 2005, the organ was substantially altered by Bob Walker. A new three-manual drawknob console was provided, and the organ was augmented with custom digital voices. All the original Casavant equipment remains - save for the console. -Database Manager

2015-07-23 - Updated through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. The tonal director was Lawrence Phelps. -Database Manager

2021-05-20 - A letter dated 12 February 1968 from the church to Casavant revised the contract to include the previously prepared-for Great Trompete 56 pipes and to change the Swell Oboe to prepared-for, which reversed what the 19 January 1968 factory specs provided for. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives Date not recorded

      Lake Oswego, Oregon
      Christ Church, Episcopal

      Casavant   Op. 3001   1969   2/17

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

      GREAT                       SWELL
   8' Prinzipal 56             8' Salizional 56 (stopped bass)
   8' Rohrflöte 56             8' Vox coelestis 44 tc
   4' Oktav 56                 8' Gedackt 56
   2' Blockflöte 56            4' Koppelflöte 56
 III  Mixtur 168               2' Prinzipal 56
   8' Trompete 61          1 1/3' Quintflöte 56
                             III  Scharf 183 (pf)
      PEDAL                    8' Oboe (pf)
  16' Subbass 32                  Tremulant
   8' Spitzprinzipal 32           Sub
   8' Bordun 12 (pf)              Unison Off
   4' Choralbass 32               Super
 III  Mixtur 96 (pf)
  16' Fagott 32 L/2 (pf)

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 29, 2010.]