Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Opus 3633 (1987)

Christ United Methodist Church
44 Highland Road
Bethel Park, PA

Images

2016-05-28 - Church plant from the air (Photograph by Church Facebook/Jeff Scofield)

2017-10-06 - Front wall of sanctuary from outside (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1995-09-26 - Antiphonal (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1995-09-26 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-06-04 - Church interior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1987-09-17 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Console (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

1987 - Console (Dedication Program/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
50 stops
50 registers
6 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)
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
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

2009-10-06 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-11-07 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- The Harold Wagoner building seats 950 for the 3,500-member congregation (1995); a portion of the Great and Pedal is located to the right of the chancel; the balance is located on the left side, also speaking into the nave; the choir and console are located in the left front of the nave. -Database Manager

2015-05-08 - According to the church website, the organ was refurbished in 2012. -Database Manager

2015-07-24 - Updated through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. The tonal director was Jean-Louis Coignet. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

          Bethel Park, Pennsylvania
          Christ United Methodist Church
 
          Casavant   Op. 3633   1987   3/72

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

       *  in right organ space

          GREAT                           SWELL
*     16' Violone          12         16' Bourdon             12 w
*      8' Open diapason    61          8' Principal           61
*      8' Viola            61          8' Stopped diapason    61
       8' Harmonic flute   49          8' Viole de gambe      61
         (1-12 Chim Flute)             8' Voix céleste    GG  54 
       8' Chimney flute    61          8' Flûtes célestes II 110
*      4' Octave           61          4' Octave              61   
       4' Open flute       61          4' Spindle flute       61
*      2' Fifteenth        61      2 2/3' Flute twelfth       61
     III  Cornet          183          2' Piccolo             61
* II-III  Full mixture    141      1 3/5' Flute seventeenth   61
*     IV  Mixture         244          V  Mixture            305
     III  Cymbal          183         16' Bassoon     L/2     12
      16' Double trumpet   61          8' Harmonic trumpet    61
         (1-12 half-length)            8' Oboe                61
       8' Trumpet          61          8' Vox humana          61
          Unison Off                   4' Harmonic clarion    61
       8' Tromba           CH             Tremulant
       8' Festival trumpet AN             Unison Off
          Chimes          [pf]            Super

          PEDAL                           CHOIR
      32' Subbass          dg          8' Major flute         61
      32' Contra bourdon   dg          8' Salicional          61
      16' Open diapason    32 w        8' Voce umana       tc 49
      16' Subbass          32          4' Principal           61
*     16' Violone          GT          4' Harmonic flute      61
      16' Bourdon          SW          2' Octave              61
*      8' Octave           32      1 1/3' Nineteenth          61
*      8' Viola            GT        III  Mixture            183
       8' Chimney flute    GT          8' Crumhorn            61
*      4' Fifteenth        32             Tremulant
       4' Chimney flute    GT          8' Tromba (hooded, hp) 61
*     IV  Mixture         128             Sub
      32' Contra posaune   12 L/2         Unison Off
      16' Trombone         32             Super
      16' Bassoon          SW          8' Festival trumpet    AN
*      8' Trumpet          32
       8' Oboe             SW             ANTIPHONAL (floating)
       4' Oboe             SW         16' Bourdon             12 w
          Chimes          [pf]         8' Principal           56
                                       8' Bourdon             56
          ANTIPHONAL PEDAL             4' Octave              56
      16' Bourdon          AN         IV  Mixture            244
                                       8' Festival trumpet    56
                                         (polished copper)

Documents

(1987-09-26) Dedication Program -Jeff Scofield