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Casavant Frères Ltée. (2007)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
1390 North State Street
Jackson, MS

Images

2016-02-15 - Chancel, façade pipes and organ chambers (Photograph by Samuel Metzger, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2016-02-15 - Console (Photograph by Samuel Metzger, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2017-08-11 - Pedalboard with Toe Studs (Photograph by Tanner Gough/Jeff Scofield)

2017-08-11 - Console (Photograph by Tanner Gough/Jeff Scofield)

2017-08-11 - Chancel, Console, and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Tanner Gough/Jeff Scofield)

2017-08-11 - Left Stop Jamb (Photograph by Tanner Gough/Database Manager)

2017-08-11 - Right Stop Jamb (Photograph by Tanner Gough/Database Manager)

2017-08-11 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Tanner Gough/Database Manager)

2017-02-04 - Great Pipework (Photograph by Tanner Gough/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

4 manuals
53 stops
69 registers
6 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Has crescendo
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

2008-10-13 - Identified by Dennis Steckley from information in "Recent Installations," <i>The American Organist</i> Vol. 42, No 7 [July, 2008] -Database Manager

2009-07-07 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. Incorporates pipework from the church's previous Pilcher organ, and from several Skinner organs. -Database Manager

2017-05-22 - Updated by Tanner Gough, who has heard or played the organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from church information Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

        Jackson, Mississippi
        First Presbyterian Church

        Casavant   Op. 3862   2007   4/65

        GREAT
    16' Double Diapason 12
     8' First Diapason 61
     8' Second Diapason 61
     8' Harmonic Flute 61      a la Cavaille-Coll
 5 1/3' Gross Quint 61
     4' Octave 61
     4' Flute 61
 2 2/3' Twelfth 61
     2' Fifteenth 61
    IV  Mixture 244
    16' Contra Tromba 61       1-12 existing; conical shallots
     8' Tromba 61              Conical shallots
     4' Clarion 61             Conical shallots
        Chimes EC

        SWELL
    16' Bourdon 12
     8' Diapason 61
     8' Gedackt 61             Stopped wood
     8' Salicional 68          Scaled and slotted a la Cavaille-Coll
     8' Voix céleste           Scaled and slotted a la Cavaille-Coll
     4' Octave 61
     4' Flûte Triangulaire 61
     2' Fifteenth 61
     V  Mixture 305
    16' Bombarde 61            Tear-drop Cavaille-Coll shallots
     8' French Trumpet 61      Closed Cavaille-Coll shallots
     8' Corno d'Amore 61       a la E. M. Skinner, capped
     8' Vox Humana 61
     4' Clarion 61             Closed Cavaille-Coll shallots
        Tremolo
        Sub
        Unison Off
        Super

        CHOIR
    16' Gemshorn 61
     8' Spitz Flute 61         From E. M. Skinner Op. 851
     8' Concert Flute 61       wooden, harmonic
     8' Viola 61
     8' Viola Celeste 61
     4' Octave 61
     4' Flute 61
 2 2/3' Nazard 61
     2' Piccolo 61             Harmonic
 1 3/5' Tierce 49 tc
    IV  Plein Jeu 244
     8' Cromorne 61
     8' Orchestral Oboe SO
        Tremolo
        Sub
        Unison off
        Super
        Carillon 25

        SOLO
     8' Gamba 68               From E. M. Skinner Op. 258 *
     8' Gamba Celeste 68       From E. M. Skinner Op. 258
     4' Orchestral Flute 61    Wooden, harmonic
     8' Harmonic Tuba 61       From E. M. Skinner Op. 165 *
     8' Corno di Bassetto 61   
     8' Heckelphone 61         From Broome Company
     8' French Horn 61         From E. M. Skinner Op. 258
     8' Orchestral Oboe 61     Vintage Casavant pipes
        Tremolo
        Sub
        Super
 
        ECHO
     8' Spitz Flute Celeste II From E. M. Skinner Op. 165
     8' Klein Erzähler II      From E. M. Skinner Op. 258
     4' Orchestral Flute 61    From E. M. Skinner Op. 369 *
        Tremolo
        Sub
        Super
        Chimes 25              Deagan Class A
        Harp 61                From E. M. Skinner Op. 258

        PEDAL
    32' Contra Bourdon 12      to GGGG; the rest are quints
    16' Contrabass 32
    16' Diapason GT
    16' Bourdon 32
    16' Lieblich Gedackt SW
    16' Gemshorn CH
    16' Echo Bourdon 32        From Pilcher Op. 424 *
     8' Octave 32
     8' Bourdon 12
     8' Still Gedackt SW
     4' Super Octave 12
     4' Flute SW
    16' Trombone 32
    16' Bombarde SW
10 2/3' Quint Trombone GT
     8' Tromba 12
     4' Clarion 12

        Pilcher Op. 424  1902  First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, MS
        Skinner Op. 165  1909  Trinity Episcopal Church, Toledo, OH
        Skinner Op. 258  1916  Trinity Episcopal Church, Toledo, OH
        Skinner Op. 369  1922  Capitol Theatre, Boston, MA
        

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield July 07, 2009.]

Documents

(2007-01-01) Booklet about the organ; via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

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