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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2741 (1963)

First United Methodist Church: Sanctuary
805 East Denman Avenue
Lufkin, TX

Images

2015-02-04 - Church interior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
33 stops
36 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 toe pistons

Notes

2009-10-11 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-05-27 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- "The organ to be of one unit located in the chancel." Four stops added by Casavant in 1969. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Lufkin, Texas
    First United Methodist Church

    Casavant   Op. 2741   1963   3/43

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

    * added in 1969

    GREAT                          POSITIV
16' Quintaton        61 *       8' Gedackt               61
 8' Principal        61         8' Spitzflöte            61 *
 8' Bourdon          61         8' Spitzflöte Celeste GG 54 *
 4' Octave           61         4' Principal             61
 4' Koppelflöte      61         2' Gemshorn              61
 2' Superoctave      61     1 1/3' Quintflöte            61
IV  Mixture         244        II  Sesquialtera         122
    Chimes                    III  Zimbel               183
                                8' Krummhorn             61
    SWELL
 8' Viola            61            PEDAL
 8' Viola Celeste GG 54        16' Principal             32
 8' Rohrflöte        61        16' Subbass               32
 4' Spitzflöte       61        16' Quintaton             GT *
 2' Waldflöte        61        16' Rohr Bourdon          12 SW
IV  Scharff         244         8' Octave                32
16' Fagott    L/2    61         8' Pommer                32
 8' Trompette        61         4' Superoctave           32
 4' Oboe-Clarion     61 *      II  Mixture               64
    Tremulant                  16' Posaune      L/2      32
    Sub                        16' Fagott                SW *
    Unison Off                  4' Schalmei              32
    Super

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield May 27, 2010.]