Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3409 (1979)

Bedford Baptist Church: Sanctuary; front
1516 Oakwood St.
Bedford, VA

Images

2022-09-27 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2025-02-16 - Sanctuary interior with organ in front (Church Facebook page; still capture from video/Jim Stettner)

2025-02-06 - Chancel and exposed pipes (Church Facebook page; still capture from video/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
27 stops
27 registers
4 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)
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-09-26 - Identified by Riley Wes Mitchell from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-11-18 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- A portion of the organ is cantilevered to each side of the choirloft; the rest is divided behind grills to each side of the center chancel window. -Database Manager

2013-05-10 - Updated through online information from jessy. -- The organ is in good condition and was originally located in the balcony area but since has been enlarged and moved across the room.The organ is not played every Sunday but is played approximately every other Sunday. The organ has good tone and sounds amazing. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

     Bedford, Virginia
     Bedford Baptist Church

     Casavant   Op. 3409   1979   3/35

     Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
     St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
     ____________________________________________
                                  
     GREAT                        CHOIR
  8' Prinzipal      61         8' Holzgedackt  61
  8' Rohrflöte      61         8' Fernflöte    49 *
  4' Oktave         61         4' Koppelflöte  61
  4' Spitzflöte     61     2 2/3' Nasat        61
  2' Oktave         61         2' Blockflöte   61
 IV  Mixtur        244     1 3/5' Terz         61
  8' Trompete       61         8' Krummhorn    61
                                  Tremulant
     SWELL                        Super
  8' Salizional     61 *
  8' Vox coelestis  54 GG      *  1-12 Holzgedackt
  8' Bordun         61
  4' Spitzprinzipal 61            PEDAL
  2' Gemshorn       61        16' Subbass      32
III  Scharf        183         8' Oktavbass    32
  8' Oboe           61         8' Gedackt      32
     Tremulant                 4' Choralbass   32
     Super                    IV  Mixtur      128
                              16' Fagott  L/2  32
  *  stopped bass

[Received online from Jeff Scofield November 20, 2010]