Central Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
40 Lincoln Way West
Chambersburg, PA
Images
1939 - Interior, chancel grill (Photograph from an archival source: Chambersburg Volunteer Fire Museum via Facebook, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2016-06-22 - Chancel stained-glass window (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
2016-06-22 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
2016-06-22 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
2016-06-22 - Chancel and Left Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
2016-06-22 - Sanctuary interior angle (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
2016-06-22 - Chancel and Right Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1930s)/Database Manager)
2016-06-22 - Stained Glass Windows (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
2016-06-22 - Stained Glass Windows (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
- 3 manuals
- 30 stops
- 33 registers
- 4 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2007-08-15 - Identified through online information from Stanley R. Scheer. -- The organ is located in chambers in the chancel behind grilles with no facade pipes or casework. In 1975, Burness Associates added 8 ranks to the organ, with Casavant supplying the new pipes and parts. -Database Manager
2015-07-24 - Updated through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. The tonal director was Stephen Stoot. -Database Manager
2016-07-13 - Various tonal changes made over the years; console rebuilt by Hagerstown Organ Co. in 1997. -Database Manager
2017-05-07 - Originally installed in 1939 as 3/32 Casavant Op. 1634; tonal changes made in 1975 by Burness Associates, with subsequent tonal changes since then; console rebuilt by Hagerstown Organ Co. in 1997. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Central Presbyterian Church
Casavant Op. 1634 1939 3/32
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GREAT SWELL
8' Open Diapason 61 16' Bourdon 73
8' Violin Diapason 61 8' Open Diapason 73
8' Hohl Flute 61 8' Stopped Diapason 73
8' Gemshorn 61 8' Viola da Gamba 73
4' Octave 61 8' Voix Celeste 66
4' Harmonic Flute 61 8' AEoline 73
2' Super Octave 61 4' Flauto Traverso 73
8' Trumpet 61 2' Flautino 61
Chimes CH III Dolce Cornet 183
8' Cornopean 73
CHOIR 8' Oboe 73
8' Vox Humana 73
8' Geigen Principal 73 Tremulant
8' Melodia 73 Sub
8' Viole d'Orchestre 73 Super
8' Dulciana 73 Chimes CH
4' Wald Flute 73
2' Piccolo 61 PEDAL
8' Clarinet 73
Tremulant 16' Open Diapason 32
Sub 16' Bourdon 32
Super 16' Gedeckt SW
Chimes 25 8' Octave 12
8' Stopped Flute 12
16' Trombone 32
Chimes CH
New pipework in 1975 via Burness Associates:
GREAT
8' Prinzipal 61
4' Octave 61
2' Flachflöte 61
III Mixture 183
SWELL
2' Prinzipal 61
4' Klarine 61
[Received from Jeff Scofield July 13, 2016]
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