Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2818 (1965)

First United Methodist Church: Sanctuary
314 Lead Avenue, SW
Albuquerque, NM

Images

2016-11-21 - Church interior, organ and exposed pipes (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-05-20 - Chancel, organ and exposed pipes (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
31 stops
31 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 56 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 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

2009-11-23 - Updated by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-03-25 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Albuquerque, New Mexico
    First Methodist Church

    Casavant   Op. 2818   1965   3/44

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

    GREAT (exposed)          SWELL
16' Quintade 56           8' Salizional 56
 8' Prinzipal 56          8' Salizional Celeste 44 tc
 8' Rohrflöte 56          8' Nachthorn 56
 4' Oktav 56              4' Spitzprinzipal 56
 4' Spitzflöte 56         4' Kleingedackt 56
 2' Waldflöte 56          2' Gemshorn 56
IV  Mixtur 224           IV  Scharf 224
 8' Trompete 56           8' Schalmei 56
    Chimes (pf)              Tremulant
                             Sub
    PEDAL (exposed)          Unison Off
16' Prinzipal 32             Super
16' Subbass 32
 8' Oktav 32                 POSITIV (exposed)
 8' Pommer 32             8' Gedackt 56
 4' Oktav 32              4' Prinzipal 56
IV Mixtur 128             2' Oktav 56
16' Fagott 32 L/2     1 1/3' Quintflöte 56
 4' Schalmei 32          II  Sesquialtera 112
                         IV  Zimbel 224
                          8' Krummhorn 56

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