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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2548 (1959)

Athens Methodist Church
118 South Main Street
Athens, PA

Images

2020-02-15 - Great pipework (Photograph by David Storey/David Storey)

2020-02-15 - Swell pipework (Photograph by David Storey/David Storey)

2020-02-15 - Console (Photograph by David Storey/David Storey)

2020-02-15 - Organ facade at front of church (Photograph by David Storey/David Storey)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
14 stops
17 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons

Notes

2007-06-04 - Identified through online information from Stanley R. Scheer. -- The organ is located in the chancel along the rear wall behind oak casework and grilles. The mute facade pipes are plain gold bronze. -Database Manager

2015-07-24 - Updated through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. The tonal director was Lawrence Phelps. The cost was $21,140. -Database Manager

2020-06-14 - Console updated with Peterson Combination action using existing pistons. Works fine. No longer pneumatic/mechanical. Happened at an unknown date. Beginning June 22, 2020, the organ will be dismantled for cleaning, releathering and building repair in a project performed jointly by David M. Storey, Inc, Baltimore, MD and Casavant Freres, Ste. Hyacinthe, PQ. One tonal change will be made, replacing the Swell 4' Schalmey with a new 8' Oboe. The project is expected to be completed by October, 2020 -David Storey

2020-10-30 - In 1989, Casavant revoiced the Swell reeds with new tongues on existing shallots; tuning scrolls were soldered and resonators cut dead-length; the top three pipes of the SW Spitzflote were replaced, as well. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

From Factory Specification via Stanley R. Scheer Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Athens, Pennsylvania
Athens Methodist Church

Casavant Frères, Ltée.   Opus 2548   1959   2 manuals, 14 stops, 17 ranks
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        GREAT ORGAN                         PEDAL ORGAN
     8' Principal            68         16' Subbass               44
     8' Rohrflöte            68         16' Gedeckt (ext SW)      12
     8' Erzähler             68          8' Violoncello           44
     4' Octave               68          8' Bass Flute (fr. SubB) --
 2 2/3' Rauschquint II      122          4' Choralbass (fr. Vcl)  --
        Great Unison Off
        Great 4'                            COUPLERS
        Chimes               pf             Great to Pedal      8  4
                                            Swell to Pedal      8  4
        SWELL ORGAN                         Swell to Great  16  8  4
     8' Gedeckt              68
     8' Salicional           68             REVERSIBLE PISTON
     8' Voix Céleste (GG)    61             Great to Pedal (thumb)
     4' Principal            68
        Plein Jeu III       183             COMBINATION ACTION (hold-set)
     8' Trompette            68             Great   1-2-3  (thumb)
     4' Rohrschalmei         68             Swell   1-2-3  (thumb)
        Tremulant                           General 1-2-3  (toe)
        Swell 16'
        Swell Unison Off                    BALANCED PEDALS
        Swell 4'                            Swell Expression
                                            Crescendo


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2016-12-05]