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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3498 (1981)

Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
1801 Lacassie Ave.
Walnut Creek, CA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
37 stops
42 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: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
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

2009-10-01 - Identified by Riley Wes Mitchell from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. "Destroyed by fire, 1985." -Database Manager

2010-04-18 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Destroyed by fire late in 1985 and replaced by a 3/52 Swain & Kates -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Walnut Creek, California
       Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church

       Casavant   Op. 3498   1981   3/52

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

       GRAND ORGUE                      POSITIF (unenclosed)
   16' Quintaton         61          8' Bourdon (bois)    61
    8' Montre            61          8' Flûte douce       61
    8' Bourdon           61          4' Prestant          61
    4' Prestant          61          4' Flûte à fuseau    61
    4' Flûte conique     61          2' Doublette         61
2 2/3' Quinte            61      1 1/3' Quinte            61
    2' Doublette         61         II  Sesquialtera     122
    V  Fourniture       305         IV  Cymbale          244
       Chimes                        8' Cromorne          61
                                        Tremblant
       RÉCIT
    8' Flûte à cheminée  61             PÉDALE
    8' Viole de gambe    61         16' Montre            32
    8' Voix céleste   GG 54         16' Soubasse          32
    4' Octave            61         16' Quintaton         GO
    4' Flûte             61          8' Octavebasse       32
2 2/3' Nasard            61          8' Flûte à cheminée  32
    2' Quarte de nasard  61          4' Octave            32
1 3/5' Tierce            61          4' Flûte à cheminée  12
    V  Plein jeu        305         IV  Fourniture       128
   16' Basson            61         16' Bombarde          32
    8' Trompette         61         16' Basson            RE
    8' Hautbois          61          8' Trompette         12
       Tremblant                     4' Basson            RE
       Unison Off
       Super

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield April 18, 2010.]

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