Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3526 (1981)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
3115 Ocean Drive
Corpus Christi, TX

Images

February 2023 - Church exterior (Photograph by First Baptist Church, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

February 2023 - Church interior, chambers and exposed pipes (Photograph by First Baptist Church, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
34 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: 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. -Database Manager

2010-05-25 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- In center chambers with Grand Orgue cantilevered in front. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Corpus Christi, Texas
       First Baptist Church

       Casavant   Op. 3526   1981   3/47

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

       GRAND ORGUE                   CHOEUR
   16' Quintaton         61      16' Bourdon            12
    8' Montre            61       8' Bourdon            61
    8' Flûte à cheminée  61       8' Dulciane           61
    4' Prestant          61       8' Unda maris      tc 49
    4' Flûte conique     61       4' Flûte à fuseau     61
    2' Doublette         61       2' Principal italien  61
   II  Sesquialtera     122   1 1/3' Quinte             61
   IV  Fourniture       244     III  Cymbale           183
    8' Trompette royale  CH       8' Cromorne           61
       Chimes                        Tremblant
                                     Unison Off
       RÉCIT                         Super
    8' Flûte ouverte     61       8' Trompette royale   61
    8' Viole de gambe    61
    8' Voix céleste   GG 54          PÉDALE
    4' Principal         61      32' Basse acoustique   --
    4' Flûte octaviante  61      16' Contrebasse        32
2 2/3' Nasard            61      16' Soubasse           32
    2' Quarte de nasard  61      16' Quintaton          GO
1 3/5' Tierce            61      16' Bourdon            CH
    V  Plein jeu        305       8' Octavebasse        32
   16' Basson-hautbois   12       8' Flûte à cheminée   GO
    8' Trompette         61       8' Bourdon            CH
    8' Hautbois          61       4' Octave             32
    4' Clairon           12       4' Flûte à cheminée   GO
       Tremblant                  4' Bourdon            CH
       Unison Off                IV  Mixture           128
       Super                     16' Bombarde    L/2    32
    8' Trompette royale  CH      16' Basson-hautbois    RE
                                  8' Trompette          12
                                  4' Hautbois           RE
                                  8' Trompette royale   CH

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield May 25, 2010.]