Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3283 (1975)

St. Paul's Episcopal Church
1135 12th St.
Sparks, NV

Images

1994-05-07 - Facade (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
14 stops
10 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2007-10-11 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Great 8' Principal en facade. Gt. chimes prepared-for. Swell 8' Gemshorn borrows 1-12 from 8' Stopped Diapason. Pedal 16' Bourdon is an extension of the Great 8' Chimney Flute. Organ was a memorial gift. Documented May 7, 1994. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Sparks, Nevada
    St. Paul's Episcopal Church

    Casavant   Op. 3283   1975   2/13

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

    GREAT                 SWELL                     PEDAL
 8' Principal 56       8' Stopped Diapason 56   16' Bourdon 12 GT
 8' Chimney Flute 56   8' Gemshorn 44 *          8' Principal 32
 4' Octave 56          4' Open Flute 56          8' Chimney Flute GT
 2' Super Octave 56    8' Trumpet 56             4' Octave 12
IV  Mixture 224
    Chimes (pf)           Zimbelstern (pf)

 *  1-12 from Stopped Diapason

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 25, 2010.]

Stoplist copied from the console May 7, 1994 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Sparks, Nevada
St. Paul's Episcopal Church

Casavant Frères, Ltée., Opus 3283, 1975 - Original Specifications

GREAT
   8'  Principal                    61
   8'  Chimney Flute                61
   4'  Octave                       61
   2'  Super Octave                 61
   IV  Mixture                     244   Composition: 19-22-26-29
       Chimes                       --   Prepared-for.
       Zimbelstern                   4   Bells.

SWELL (Expressive)
   8'  Stopped Diapason             61
   8'  Gemshorn                     49   1-12 from 8' St. Diap.
   4'  Open Flute                   61
   8'  Trumpet                      61
       Tremulant

PEDAL
   16' Bourdon                (Gt)  12   Extension of the 8' Chimney Flute
   8'  Principal                    32
   8'  Chimney Flute          (Gt)  --
   4'  Octave                       12

COUPLERS
   Swell to Pedal                  [8]
   Great to Pedal                  [8]
   Swell to Great                  [8]

FINGER PISTONS
   General                       1 - 4 

TOE STUDS
   None

PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   Swell Expression             (bal.)
   Crescendo                    (bal.)

VOICES: 10
STOPS: 14; inc. zimbelstern
RANKS: 13
PIPES: 776

NOTES
The Great 8' Principal in en facade.  The organ was given as a gift, and
a plaque at the console reads:

               This Casavant Organ
                  in memory of
                 Cecile & Henry
                    Atkinson
                      1975 

[Received on line from James R. Stettner May 14, 2010.]