Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2751 (1963)

Ben Avon Presbyterian Church / Community Presbyterian Church of Ben Avon: Sanctuary
7501 Church Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA

Images

2018-12-02 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-06-21 - Church interior and organ case (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1963-11-01 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Display (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
30 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: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-10-12 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-10-31 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Now known as the Community Presbyterian Church of Ben Avon; during a recent chancel remodeling, the choir and console were moved from the raised loft behind the pulpit to a new open chancel plan, at which time the pipework was regrouped from a functional display to a traditional case. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

     Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
     Ben Avon Community Presbyterian Church

     Casavant   Op. 2751   1963   3/37

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

     GREAT                            POSITIV
 16' Quintade           61         8' Gedackt      61
  8' Principal          61         4' Principal    61
  8' Rohrflöte          61         4' Koppelflöte  61
  4' Octave             61     2 2/3' Nasat        61
  4' Waldflöte          61         2' Gemshorn     61
  2' Superoctave        61     1 3/5' Terz         61
 IV  Mixture           244     1 1/3' Quintflöte   61
     Chimes            [pf]        8' Krummhorn    61
                                      Tremulant
     SWELL
  8' Nachthorn          61            PEDAL
  8' Salicional         61        16' Principal    32
  8' Salicional Celeste 54 GG     16' Subbass      32
  4' Spitzflöte         61        16' Quintade     GT
  2' Principal          61         8' Octave       32
III  Scharff           183         8' Bourdon      32
 16' Fagott    L/2      61         4' Choralbass   32
  8' Trompete           61       III  Mixture      96
     Tremulant                    16' Posaune      32

 [Received online from Jeff Scofield octobe 30, 2010]