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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2837 (1965)

Westminster Presbyterian Church
4103 Monument Avenue
Richmond, VA

Images

2015-08-04 - Church interior (Photograph by John DeMajo via www.churchesofvirginia.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-08-04 - Organ case (Photograph by John DeMajo via www.churchesofvirginia.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-08-04 - Church interior to rear and organ case (Photograph by John DeMajo via www.churchesofvirginia.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2011-01-07 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
29 stops
29 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe 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

2010-11-09 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Tonal changes, including the addition of seven new ranks and a new Skinner-style console, added in 1999 by Central Organ Service, Bentonville, VA. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

Richmond, Virginia
Westminster Presbyterian Church

Casavant Frères Ltée   Opus 2837   1965     3 manuals, 29 stops, 41 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN                        SWELL ORGAN
      8' Principal              61       8' Viola                  61
      8' Bordun                 61       8' Viola Celeste (GG)     54
      4' Octav                  61       4' Spitzgeigen            61
      4' Koppelflöte            61       4' Waldflöte              61
      2' Super Octave           61          Scharf IV             244
         Mixture IV            244      16' Fagott (L/2)           61
         Chimes              (prep)      8' Trompete               61

         POSITIV ORGAN                      PEDAL ORGAN
      8' Gedackt                61      16' Principal              32
      4' Principal              61      16' Subass                 32
      2' Gemshorn               61       8' Octave                 32
  1 1/3' Quintflöte             61       8' Pommer                 32
         Sesquialtera II       122       4' Superoctave            32
         Zimbel III            183          Mixture IV            128
      8' Krummhorn              61      16' Posaune (L/2)          32
                                         4' Schalmei               32
                                            Chimes (Gt)

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