Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Opus 3833 (2003)

Sixth Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh
1688 Murray Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA

Images

2015 - Church exterior front (Photograph by Church Facebook Page, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2015 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook Page, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2015 - Organ facade (Photograph by Church Facebook Page, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
11 stops
12 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
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

2009-07-05 - Identified through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Except for Great Open Diapason 8' and Pedal Octave 8'-4', the entire organ is under expression. -Database Manager

2015-07-25 - Updated through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. The tonal director was Jean-Louis Coignet. Installation by F. Tremblay. Tonal finishing by A. Couture. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
       Sixth Presbyterian Church

       Casavant   Op. 3833   2003   2/12

       Stoplist courtesy of Casavant Frères

       GREAT
   16' Bourdon tc         13-61 from SW Bourdon         
    8' Open Diapason 61 
    8' Chimney Flute 61
    8' Salicional SW
    4' Octave 61
    4' Bourdon 12 SW
2 2/3' Twelfth 49 tc
    2' Fifteenth SW       From 2' Octave
    2' Flute 12           From Chimney Flute
1 3/5' Seventeenth 49 tc
II-IV  Mixture 98         1 1/3' from Twelfth; 2' from Octave
    8' Trumpet 61
    4' Clarion            From Trumpet; top octave from Octave

       SWELL
    8' Bourdon 49         1-12 from GT Chimney Flute
    8' Salicional 61
    8' Celeste 49 tc
    4' Chimney Flute 12 GT
    4' Salicet 12
    2' Octave 12 GT       From GT 4' Octave
    2' Flute 12           From GT 2' Flute
1 1/3' Nineteenth         From GT Twelfth; top octave repeats
   II  Sesquialtera tc    From GT Twelfth and Seventeenth
   16' Bassoon 12         Half-length
    8' Trumpet GT
    8' Oboe 61
       Tremulant          Affecting entire organ

       PEDAL
   32' Resultant --
   16' Subbass 32
    8' Octave GT
    8' Chimney Flute GT
    4' Choralbass 12 GT
    4' Chimney Flute GT
   16' Trombone 12 GT     Full-length
   16' Bassoon SW
    8' Trumpet GT
    4' Clarion GT
    4' Oboe SW

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield July 17, 2009.]

Documents

(2003-10-05) Dedication Service, via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield