Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3687 (1990)

Independent Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
4738 Walnut Grove Road
Memphis, TN

Images

2012-07-23 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2012-07-23 - Nave and Antiphonal Façade (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2012-07-23 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2012-07-23 - Left Drawknobs (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2012-07-23 - Right Drawknobs (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2012-07-23 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
45 stops
61 registers
6 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: 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

2009-06-24 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2022-08-13 - Condition of this instrument: Fully playable, except for the electronic carillon ranks (chimes, harp, bells, etc.). -Arron Powell

2022-08-13 - I am an organ lover, on staff at, and a member of, this church. While most of its pipes are at the front, the Antiphonal is exposed at the rear. -Arron Powell

2024-12-11 - Updated through online information from Arron Powell (December 5, 2024): The console is not permanently fixed, and is *technically* movable. However it has not been moved in many years. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

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

       Memphis, Tennessee
       Independent Presbyterian Church

       Casavant   Op. 3687   1991   4/64

       Stoplist courtesy of Casavant Frères

       GRAND ORGUE                       RÉCIT
   16' Bourdon à cheminée 12         16' Bourdon doux 12
    8' Montre 61                      8' Bourdon 61
    8' Flûte à cheminée 61            8' Viole de gambe 61
    8' Flûte harmonique 49 *          8' Voix céleste 54
    4' Prestant 61                    4' Principal 61
    4' Flûte 61                       4' Flûte à fuseau 61
    2' Doublette 61               2 2/3' Nazard 61
   IV  Fourniture 244                 2' Quarte de nazard 61
  III  Cymbale 183                1 3/5' Tierce 61
    8' Trompette 61                   V  Plein Jeu 305
       Tremblant                     16' Basson-hautbois 12 L/2
       Carillon                       8' Trompette 61
                                      8' Hautbois 61
    *  1-12 common with               4' Clairon 61
       Flûte à cheminée                  Tremblant
                                         Sub
       CHOEUR                            Super
    8' Salicional 61
    8' Voce umana 49                     PÉDALE
    8' Bourdon 61                    32' Basse acoustique --
    8' Flûte célestes II 110         16' Contrebasse 32
    4' Principal 61                  16' Soubasse 32
    4' Flûte à cheminée 61           16' Bourdon à cheminée GO
    2' Principal 61                  16' Bourdon doux RE
1 1/3' Quinte 61                      8' Octavebasse 32
   IV  Cymbale 244                    8' Flûte à cheminée GO
    8' Cromorne 61                    8' Bourdon doux RE
       Tremblant                      4' Octave 32
       Sub                           IV  Mixture 128
       Super                         32' Contre bombarde (pf)
       Harp                          16' Bombarde 32
       Celeste 61                    16' Basson-hautbois RE
    8' Tuba sonore 61                 8' Trompette 12
                                      4' Hautbois RE
       ANTIPHONAL                     4' Cromorne CH
    8' Montre 61
    8' Bourdon 61                        ANTIPHONAL PEDAL
    8' Flûte céleste 49              16' Bourdon 12
    4' Principal 61
    4' Bourdon 12
    2' Doublette 61
   IV  Fourniture 244
    8' Tuba sonore CH

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield June 25, 2009.]

Documents

(1990-10-26) Inaugural Recital program, via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

Websites

Main Church Website - Main website for the church. No "about the organ" page, but sanctuary images, links to service livestreams where organ can be heard, etc... (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)