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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3484 (1981)

First Presbyterian Church of New Vernon: Sanctuary
2 Lee's Hill Rd.
New Vernon, NJ

Images

2022-02-21 - Church exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-05-22 - Chancel and organ case (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020 - Church interior (Photograph by First Presbyterian Church, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
26 stops
23 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: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons

Notes

2009-10-01 - Identified by Riley Wes Mitchell from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-10-15 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Originally installed with 19 stops and 22 ranks; pipework added by Casavant in 1983 and 1984. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

         New Vernon, New Jersey
         First Presbyterian Church of New Vernon

         Casavant   Op. 3484   1981   2/31

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

         a added in 1983    b added in 1984

         GREAT                    SWELL                    PEDAL
*    16' Holzbordun   56 a     8' Gedeckt       56     16' Subbass     30 e
      8' Prinzipal    56       8' Gamba         56     16' Holzbordun  GT
*     8' Rohrflöte    56       8' Schwebung  tc 44      8' Oktave      30  
      8' Gemshorn     SW       4' Principal     56 a    8' Gedackt     SW
      4' Oktave       56       4' Spitzflöte    56      4' Oktave      30
*     4' Koppelflöte  56       2' Prinzipal     56    III  Mixtur      90 b
* 2 2/3' Nasat        56   1 1/3' Quinte        56 c   16' Posaune L/2 30 f
*     2' Blockflöte   56      II  Sesquialtera 112 a    8' Trompete    GT
* 1 3/5' Terz         56     III  Scharf       183 a
     IV  Mixtur      224       8' Dulzian       56 a/d
      8' Trompete     pf a        Tremulant
         Tremulant       a

      *  under expression

c  as part of the 1983 work, the 1 1/3' Quinte was used
   for the Terz rank of the Sesquialtera; the builder
   supplied the few additional ranks required to 
   complete the rank.
d  replaced 8' Oboe
e  expressive with Swell stops
f  expressive with Great stops

  [Received online from Jeff Scofield  October 17, 2010]