Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3666 (1989)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
300 S. Davidson Street
Charlotte, NC

Images

1993-09-24 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2008-09-17 - Pulpit, choir loft, and organ (Photograph by David Ritch/Database Manager)

1989 - Church interior (Organ Dedication Program/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
44 stops
62 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)
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
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

2008-09-28 - Identified through online information from David Ritch. -Database Manager

2011-01-03 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Charlotte, North Carolina
       First Baptist Church

       Casavant   Op. 3666   1989   3/67

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

       GRAND ORGUE                  RÉCIT
   16' Violon             12    16' Bourdon              12 w
    8' Montre             61     8' Flûte majeure        61
    8' Violon             61     8' Viole de gambe       61
    8' Bourdon            61     8' Voix céleste      GG 54
    4' Prestant           61     8' Flûtes célestes II  110
    4' Flûte              61     4' Principal            61
    2' Doublette          61     4' Flûte octaviante     61
  III  Cornet         tc 147     2' Octavin              61
II-IV  Grande fourniture 208    VI  Plein jeu           366
   VI  Fourniture        366    16' Basson  (1-12 L/2)   61     
   16' Bombarde 1-12 L/2  61     8' Trompette harmonique 61
    8' Trompette          61     8' Hautbois             61
       Tremblant                 8' Voix humaine         61
       Unison Off                4' Clairon harmonique   61
       Chimes                       Tremblant
    8' Trompette royale   PO     8' Trompette royale     PO

       POSITIF EXPRESSIF            PÉDALE
    8' Principal          61    32' Basse acoustique     --
    8' Voce umana      GG 54    16' Montre               32
    8' Flûte harmonique   49    16' Soubasse             32
      (1-12 from Bourdon)       16' Violon               GO
    8' Bourdon            61    16' Bourdon              RE
    4' Octave             61     8' Octavebasse          32
    4' Flûte à fuseau     61     8' Flûte couverte       12
2 2/3' Nazard             61     8' Violon               GO
    2' Quarte de nazard   61     8' Bourdon              RE
1 3/5' Tierce             61     4' Octave               32
1 1/3' Larigot            61     4' Bourdon              RE
    V  Cymbale           305    IV  Mixture             128
    8' Trompette          61    32' Contrebombarde L/2   12
    8' Cromorne           61    16' Bombarde             32
       Tremblant                16' Basson               RE
    8' Trompette royale   61     8' Trompette            12
      (hooded, high pressure)    8' Baryton              RE
       Sub                       4' Clairon              12
       Unison Off                4' Soprano              RE
       Super                     8' Trompete royale      PO

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield  January 3, 2011]

Documents

(1989-01-01) Dedication booklet, collection of Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield