First English Evangelical Lutheran Church: Sanctuary
615 Grant St.
Pittsburgh, PA
Images
2023-02-24 - Positif division (Photograph by Benjamin Sommer/Benjamin Sommer)
2013-12-21 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2013-11-25 - Stained-glass window (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2013-11-25 - Organ case angle (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2013-11-25 - Organ case (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
1995-09-25 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2013-11-25 - Console and church interior to rear (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2017-03-21 - Church interior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2016-12-03 - Organ case (Photograph by Joseph Routon, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
1992-10-10 - Nave, Chancel, and Pipe Display (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Movable Console
- 3 manuals
- 33 stops
- 50 registers
- 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: Computerized/Digital
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2009-09-26 - Identified by Trailon Johnson from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager
2009-11-26 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2012-06-07 - Updated through online information from Gregg Patruno. -Database Manager
2012-07-20 - Updated through online information from Gregg Patruno. -- One expression for Recit division and one register Crescendo Pedal. -Database Manager
2012-09-26 - Updated through online information from Nicholas Sharer. -Database Manager
2021-05-07 - 2016, 12-pipe extension to the Pedal Bombarde. Those 12 pipes have half-length resonators and are originally from Casavant opus 2729 (Calvary Episcopal, also in Pittsburgh). It was installed by Peter Luley. So the 32' Contre Bombarde is no longer prepared-for.
The chimes are the only thing that remains from the 1900 rebuild of the church's original 1888 Wm. Johnson organ by Austin. The casework (still in use) and the drive wheel from the original water motor (now on display with other historical artifacts in the building) is all that remains from the Wm. Johnson organ (which was op. 697). -Nicholas Sharer
Stoplist
Source: Stoplist copied from parish website Date not recorded
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
First English Evangelical Lutheran Church
Casavant Frères Ltée., Op. 3709, 1992 - 3/44
GRAND ORGUE (manual I, unexpressive):
16' Bourdon 12 pipes, ext. 8'
8' Montre 61 pipes, in façade
8' Bourdon 61 pipes,
8' Flûte Harmonique 49 pipes, (1-12 from Bourdon)
4' Prestant 61 pipes, in façade
2' Doublette 61 pipes
IV Fourniture 244 pipes
8' Trompette 61 pipes
16' Trompette Royale -- from Positif
8' Trompette Royale -- from Positif
4' Trompette Royale -- from Positif
Chimes (__) tubes
RECIT (manual III, expressive):
8' Diapason 61 pipes
8' Flûte Majeure 61 pipes
8' Viole de Gambe 61 pipes
8' Voix Céleste (tc) 49 pipes
4' Principal 61 pipes
4' Flûte Douce 61 pipes
2-2/3' Nazard 61 pipes
2' Quarte de Nazard 61 pipes
1-3/5' Tierce 61 pipes
IV Plein Jeu 244 pipes
16' Contre Trompette 12 pipes (ext. 8')
8' Trompette 61 pipes
8' Hautbois 61 pipes
4' Clairon 12 pipes, ext. 8' Trompette
Tremblant
16' Récit / Récit sub octave coupler
Récit Unison Off
4' Récit / Récit super octave coupler
Clochettes Zimbelstern enclosed in Récit,
activated by toe stud reversible
POSITIF (manual II, unexpressive):
8' Principal 61 pipes
8' Bourdon 61 pipes
4' Octave 61 pipes
4' Flûte à Fuseau 61 pipes
2' Principal 61 pipes
1-1/3' Larigot 61 pipes
III Cymbale 183 pipes
8' Cromorne 61 pipes
16' Trompette Royale -- , 1-12 borrowed from pedale bombarde
8' Trompette Royale 61 pipes, high pressure, hooded
4' Trompette Royale 12 pipes, ext. 8'
Tremblant
Positif Unison Off silences all but Trompette Royale
PEDALE:
32' Contre Bourdon -- digital ext.
16' Montre 12 pipes, ext. Octavebasse, in façade
16' Bourdon (G.O.) --
8' Octavebasse 32 pipes
8' Bourdon (G.O.) --
4' Octave 32 pipes
4' Bourdon (G.O.) --
IV Mixture 244 pipes
32' Contre Bombarde 12 pipes, ext. of 16', half-length resonators.
Originally from Casavant Op. 2729
(Calvary Episcopal, Shadyside)
16' Bombarde 32 pipes
16' Contre Trompett (Réc) --
8' Trompette 12 pipes, ext. 16' Bombarde
8' Trompette Royale (Pos) --
4' Clairon 12 pipes, ext. 16' Bombarde
4' Cromorne (Pos) --
COUPLERS (tilting tablets on nameboard):
8' Grand Orgue / Pedale
8' Positif / Pedale
8' Récit / Pedale
8' Positif / Grand Orgue
8' Récit / Grand Orgue
8' Récit / Positif
Positif/GO Transfer I / II transfer
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Récit Expression (bal.)
Crescendo (factory set) (bal.)
COMBINATIONS
SSL capture system with 8 memory levels, selectable by dial on nameboard.
-8 generals (duplicated by toe studs)
-6 divisionals per division - manual division by thumb piston, pedale
divisionals by toe stud.
-Reversibles (thumb and toe) for manual to pedal couplers
-Tutti (factory set).
-Reversibles (toe stud only) for 32' pedal stops.
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