Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2764 (1964)

Central Methodist Church
5144 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
34 stops
38 registers
3 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 thumb 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

2010-03-21 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Divided to each side of chancel; destroyed with the sanctuary in a fire July 29, 1965; replaced by 3/49 Casavant Op. 2931 in 1967. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Kansas City, Missouri
       Central Methodist Church

       Casavant   Op. 2764   1964   3/47

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

       GREAT                       CHOIR
   16' Quintade 61              8' Gedeckt 61
    8' Principal 61             8' Flauto Dolce 61
    8' Rohrflöte 61             8' Flute Celeste 54 GG
    4' Octave 61                4' Gemshorn 61
    4' Spitzflöte 61            4' Koppelflöte 61
    2' Superoctave 61           2' Blockflöte 61
   IV  Mixture 244          1 1/3' Quinteflöte 61
    8' Trompete 61             II  Sesquialtera 122
       Chimes CH                8' Krummhorn 61
                                   Tremulant
       SWELL                       Sub
    8' Salicional 61               Unison off
    8' Voix Céleste 54 GG          Super
    8' Nachthorn 61                Chimes (pf)
    4' Principal 61
2 2/3' Nazard 61                   PEDAL
    2' Gemshorn 61             32' Resultant -- (Contrabass & Subbass)
   IV  Scharff 244             16' Contrabass 32
   16' Fagott 61 L/2           16' Subbass 32
    8' Trompete 61             16' Quintaton GT
       Tremulant                8' Principal 32
       Sub                      8' Gedeckt 32
       Unison Off               4' Choralbass 32
       Super                    4' Spitzflöte GT
                               IV  Mixtur 128
       GALLERY *               16' Posaune 32
    8' Rohrflöte 61             8' Trompete GT
    4' Gemshorn 61              4' Schalmei 32
    2' Waldflöte 61

    *  Described as the youth choir organ, on gallery West wall

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 21, 2010.]

Documents

(1964-05-24) Dedication program, via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield