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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2802 (1964)

Lake Avenue Memorial Baptist Church: Sanctuary
57 Ambrose Street
Rochester, NY

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
54 stops
51 registers
5 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

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

2010-08-29 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- The action was the builder's "floating pitman type, to assure low pressure voicing." Destroyed with the sanctuary in a fire on January 15, 1972. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Rochester, New York
       Lake Avenue Memorial Baptist Church

       Casavant   Op. 2802   1964   3/64   

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

       GREAT                               SWELL
   16' Nachthorngedeckt      61         8' Salicional            61
    8' Principal             61         8' Salicional Céleste GG 54
    8' Rohrgedeckt           61         8' Bourdon               61
    4' Octave                61         4' Principal Étroit      61
    4' Spitzflöte            61         4' Flûte Ouverte         61
    2' Blockflöte            61     2 2/3' Nasard                61
   II  Rauschquinte         122         2' Flûte des Bois        61
   IV  Mixtur               244     1 3/5' Tierce                61
    8' Trompette en Chamade  61        IV  Plein Jeu            244
       Unison Off                      16' Basson      L/2       61
       POS to GT                        8' Trompette             61
       ECHO to GT                       4' Hautbois              61
       Chimes                CH            Tremulant
                                           Sub
       CHOIR                               Unison Off
    8' Singendgedeckt        61            Super
    8' Erzähler              61            ECHO to SW
    8' Erzähler Celeste   GG 54
    4' Rohrflöte             61            POSITIV
    2' Spitzprincipal        61         8' Holzgedeckt           61
1 1/3' Quintflöte            61         4' Praestant             61
    8' Krummhorn             61         4' Koppelflöte           61
       Tremulant                        2' Doublette             61
       Sub                              1' Sifflöte              61
       Unison Off                      II  Sesquialtera         122
       Super                          III  Zimbel               183
       Chimes (Deagan D)     21
    8' Trompette en Chamade  GT            PEDAL
    8' Processional Diapason --        16' Principal             32
                                       16' Subbass               32
       ECHO (old reconnected)          16' Nachthorngedeckt      GT
    8' Open Diapason                    8' Octave                32
    8' Cor de Nuit                      8' Pommer                32
    8' Dulciana                         4' Choralbass            32
    8' Vox Angelica                     2' Nachthorn             32
    4' Lieblichflöte                   IV  Mixtur               128
    8' Vox Humana                      16' Posaune               32
       Tremulant                       16' Basson                SW
       Sub                              4' Schalmei              32
       Unison Off                          POS to PED
       Super

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield  August 30, 2010]

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