Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3159 (1973)

First United Methodist Church
204 Sixth Avenue West
Hendersonville, NC

Images

December 2020 - Console controls (Photograph by First United Methodist Church, Hendersonville, via the Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

December 2020 - Console (Photograph by First United Methodist Church, Hendersonville, via the Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

December 2020 - Builder nameplate (Photograph by First United Methodist Church, Hendersonville, via the Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2016-10-27 - Chapel interior, case (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2016-10-27 - Organ case, pipe display (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Console position: Keydesk Attached
1 manuals
6 stops
6 registers
2 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Manual compass: 54 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - Designed by Th. Kuhn Orgelbau and built by Casavant. (8', 4', 4', 2', III, 16'). -Database Manager

2010-01-16 - Updated by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-12-29 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

     Hendersonville, North Carolina
     First United Methodist Church

     Casavant   Op. 3159   1973   1/8

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

     MANUAL
  8' Gedackt    54
  4' Prinzipal  54
  4' Rohrflöte  54
  2' Gemshorn   54
III  Mixtur    162

     PEDAL
 16' Subbass    30

     Manual to Pedal coupler

     The manual stops will be divided with separate controls for bass
     and treble operated by sliding levers placed below the keyboard.
     The Pedal stop and coupler will be controlled by hitch-down foot
     operated levers.

    [Receive online from Jeff Scofield  December 28, 2010]