Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3451 (1978)

First United Methodist Church: Sanctuary
629 Kansas City St.
Rapid City, SD

Images

before 2021 - Church interior with exposed organ pipes (Photograph by Church website, submitted by Audrey Fenner/Audrey Fenner)

2023-01-25 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-04-12 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
23 stops
18 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 56 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 combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-08-15 - Identified through on-line information from Wyatt Smith. -Database Manager

2010-03-29 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Rapid City, South Dakota
    First United Methodist Church

    Casavant   Op. 3451   1979   2/24

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

    GRAND ORGUE              RÉCIT                    PÉDALE
 8' Montre 56             8' Bourdon 56               Blank
 8' Flûte à cheminée 56   8' Viole de gambe 56    16' Soubasse 32
 4' Prestant 56           8' Voix céleste 44 tc    8' Octavebasse 32
 4' Flûte à fuseau 56     4' Flûte conique 56      8' Bourdon 12
 2' Flûte à bec 56        2' Doublette 56          4' Octave 32
II  Cornet 88 tc        III  Cymbale 168              Blank
IV  Fourniture 224        8' Trompette 56         16' Basson 32 *
    Chimes (pf)              Tremblant             8' Basson 12
                             Sub                   4' Basson 12

                                                   *  half-length, 
                                                      conical

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 29, 2010.]