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Casavant Frères Opus 3755 (1996)

Congregational Church of Needham
1154 Great Plain Avenue
Needham, MA

Consoles

Main

Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
48 stops
29 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
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

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1997 -Database Manager

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

2010-12-17 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The console is low-profile with a sliding cover and lock. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Needham, Massachusetts
       The Congregational Church of Needham

       Casavant   Op. 3755   1996   3/37

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

       GRAND ORGUE                       CHOEUR
   16' Bourdon              12        8' Principal étroit 61
      (ext. of Bourdon)               8' Flûte à cheminée 61
    8' Montre               61        8' Flûte douce      61
    8' Principal            --        8' Flûte céleste tc 49
      (Pédale 8-4-2 principals)       4' Octave           61
    8' Bourdon              61        4' Flûte conique    61
    4' Prestant             61        2' Doublette        61
    4' Flûte                --    1 1/3' Larigot          61
      (1-12 from Bourdon and        III  Cymbale         183
       13-61 from Flûte à bec)        8' Clarinette       61
    4' Bourdon              12           Tremblant à droite
    2' Flûte à bec          61        8' Trompette        GO
   IV  Fourniture          244           Sub
   16' Contre trompette L/2 12           Super
      (enclosed in Choeur)               MIDI
    8' Trompette            61
      (enclosed in Choeur)               PÉDALE
       Chimes (existing)             32' Résultant        --
       MIDI                          16' Principal étroit 12 CH
                                     16' Soubasse         32 *
       RÉCIT                         16' Bourdon          GO
    8' Flûte majeure        61        8' Octavebasse      32
    8' Salicional           61        8' Bourdon          GO
    8' Voix céleste      tc 49        4' Octave           12
      (narrow scale)                  4' Bourdon          GO
    4' Principal            61        2' Superoctave      12
    4' Flûte octaviante     61       16' Bombarde         GO
2 2/3' Nazard            tc 49       16' Basson           RE
    2' Octavin              61        8' Trompette        GO
1 3/5' Tierce            tc 49        4' Hautbois         RE
   IV  Plein jeu           244           MIDI
   16' Basson      L/2      12
    8' Trompette            61        *  old, revoice on new action
    8' Hautbois             61
    4' Hautbois             12
       Tremblant à gauche
       Sub
       Super
       MIDI

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield  December 18, 2010]

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