Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3573 (1983)

St. Matthias Catholic Church
58-15 Catalpa Avenue
New York City: Queens (Ridgewood), NY

Images

2016-04-09 - Church interior to rear and organ (Tom A, Foursquare.com, via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Church exterior (Kuivoja.ee/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
32 stops
28 registers
4 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons

Notes

2009-10-05 - Identified by Riley Wes Mitchell from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-10-10 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Ridgewood, Queens, New York
       St. Matthias R. C. Church

       Casavant   Op. 3573   1983   3/39

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

       HAUPTWERK     (I)         SCHWELLWERK      (II)
   16' Bordun        56       8' Gedackt           56
    8' Prinzipal     56       8' Viole             56
    8' Rohrflöte     56 *     8' Schwebung         44 tc
    4' Oktave        56       4' Prinzipal         56
    4' Spillflöte    56 *     4' Traversflöte      56
2 2/3' Nasat         56 *     2' Oktave            56
    2' Blockflöte    56 *    II  Sesquialtera     112
1 3/5' Terz          56 *    IV  Scharf           224
    V  Mixtur       280      16' Dulzian           56
    8' Trompete      56       8' Oboe              56
       Tremulant              4' Trompete          56
                                 Tremulant
    *  enclosed
                                 SOLOWERK *      (III)
       PEDAL                  8' Festlichetrompete 56
   32' Untersatz     --
   16' Prinzipal     30       *  high pressure
   16' Bordun        HW
    8' Oktave        30
    8' Gedacktflöte  HW
    4' Oktave        30
   IV  Mixtur       120
   32' Fagott   L/2  12
      (ext. of Posaune)
   16' Posaune       30
    8' Trompete      30

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield  October 10, 2010]

Documents

(1983-11-13) Dedication program -Jeff Scofield

Websites

St. Matthias Catholic Church - Ridgewood (Queens), NY - Stoplist [NYC AGO Organ Project web site] (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)