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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2849 (1965)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
600 Governors Drive SW
Huntsville, AL

Images

1966 - Chancel, choirloft and organ case (Photograph by From THE DIAPASON November 1966, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2007-10-01 - Pulpit platform, choir loft, organ façade (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2007-10-01 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2007-10-01 - Church exterior. (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
4 manuals
53 stops
56 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-12-28 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Converted to solid-state switching and combination action by Dennis Milnar 1997, with some tonal alterations -Database Manager

2010-03-06 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2015-09-22 - Updated through online information from Elizabeth Hostetter. -- In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Casavant organ at First Baptist Church, Huntsville, AL, the church has published a book about its history. The book can be ordered directly from the music office at First Baptist, 256-428-9421, musicministries@fbchsv.org, 600 Governors Drive, Huntsville, AL 35801.<br><br>The organ was designed by Lawrence Phelps, installed in 1965, and was the first Casavant in Alabama. Billy Orton is the Minister of Music and Worship and Sherry Upshaw, Associate Minister of Music/Organist.<br><br>Book Title and Author: The First Casavant Frères Limitée Organ In Alabama / Opus 2849:1965 / Phelps/Casavant Opus 311 /First Baptist Church, Huntsville / A History of the First Fifty Years, 1965â€“2015. by Elizabeth Hostetter (Organist FBC 2008-2012) -Database Manager

2021-02-02 - As can be seenby the stained glass windows and the tower, Huntsville is the home of the US Marshall Space Flight Center and the US Army Aviation and Missile Command; now in the 2000s, Huntsville has the second-largest technology and research park in the nation. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

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

       Huntsville, Alabama
       First Baptist Church

       Casavant   Op. 2849   1965   4/80

       Courtesy of Casavant Frères Archives
       Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

       GREAT                          SWELL
   16' Quintade 61                16' Lieblichgedackt 61
    8' Prinzipal 61                8' Geigenprinzipal 61
    8' Bordun 61                   8' Zauberflöte 61
    4' Oktav 61                    8' Viole de Gambe 61
    4' Rohrgedackt 61              8' Viole Celeste 54 GG
2 2/3' Quinte 61                   4' Geigenoktav 61
    2' Oktav 61                    4' Nachthorn 61
   VI  Mixtur 366                  2' Oktavine 61
    8' Trompete 61                VI  Mixtur 366
                                  16' Fagott 61
       CHORAL                      8' Trompete 61
    8' Salizional 61               4' Klarine 61
    8' Rohrflöte 61                   Tremulant
    8' Erzähler 61
    8' Erzähler Celeste 49 tc         PEDAL
    4' Spitzprinzipal 61          16' Prinzipal 32
    4' Spitzflöte 61              16' Subbass 32
2 2/3' Nasat 61                   16' Quintade 32
    2' Waldflöte 61                8' Oktav 32
1 3/5' Terz 61                     8' Pommer 32
  III  Mixtur 183                  4' Oktav 32
    8' Oboe 61                     4' Rohrflöte 32
       Tremulant                   2' Nachthorn 32
                                 III  Rauschpfeife 96
       POSITIV                     V  Mixtur 160
    8' Gedackt 61                 32' Kontraposaune 32 L/2
    8' Quintadena 61              16' Posaune 32
    4' Prinzipal 61                8' Trompete 32
    4' Koppelflöte 61              4' Schalmei 32
    2' Oktav 61
1 1/3' Quintflöte 61
   II  Sesquialtera 122
   IV  Scharf 244
  III  Zimbel 183
    8' Krummhorn 61
  
[Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 06, 2010.]