Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2172 (1953)

St. Ephrem Roman Catholic Church
929 Bay Ridge Parkway
New York City: Brooklyn, NY

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
33 stops
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 coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-10-17 - Identified by Jim Stark. Replaced Wirsching organ of 1921 in old church. -Database Manager

2010-01-30 - Updated by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-08-24 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2010-11-13 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Brooklyn, New York
       St. Ephrem's R. C. Church

       Casavant   Op. 2172   1953   3/34

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

       GREAT                       SWELL
   16' Gedeckt         68      16' Chimney Flute     68
    8' Open Diapason   68       8' Geigen Principal  68
    8' Hohl Flute      68       8' Stopped Diapason  68
    8' Gemshorn        68       8' Viola da Gamba    68
    4' Octave          68       8' Voix Celeste   GG 61
    2' Fifteenth       68       4' Violina           68
  III  Fourniture     183       4' Flute Traverse    68
    8' Trumpet         68 *     2' Piccolo           61
       Tremulant              III  Cornet           183
       Sub                      8' Cornopean         68
       Chimes         [pf]      8' Oboe              68
                                   Tremulant
       CHOIR                       Sub
    8' Viola           68          Super
    8' Concert Flute   68          Chimes           [pf]
    8' Dulciana        68
    4' Lieblich Flute  68          PEDAL
2 2/3' Nazard          61      16' Contrabass        32 wood
    2' Flautino        61      16' Bourdon           32
    8' Clarinet        68      16' Gedeckt           SW
       Tremulant                8' Principal         32
       Sub                      8' Stopped Flute     12
       Super                    4' Choral Bass       12
       Chimes         [pf]     16' Trombone          32

    *  "not too brilliant"

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield  August 24, 2010]

Websites

St. Ephrem's Catholic Church - Brooklyn, NY - Stoplist (NYC AGO Organ Project Web Site) (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)