Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3279 (1975)

First Armenian Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
430 S. First St.
Fresno, CA

Images

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph by Friends of the Fresno Fair, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Church interior and exposed pipes (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-03-24 - Exposed pipework and twin facades (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2021-03-10 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
16 stops
20 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 56 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons

Notes

2010-01-12 - Identified by Riley Wes Mitchell from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-04-17 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Fresno, California
    First Armenian Presbyterian Church

    Casavant   Op. 3279   1975   2/22

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

    GREAT                    SWELL                     PEDAL
 8' Principal       56    8' Gedackt          56   16' Subbass    32
 8' Rohrflöte       56    8' Gemshorn         56    8' Prinzipal  32
 4' Octave          56    8' Vox coelestis tc 44    8' Bordun     12
 4' Spitzflöte      56    4' Prinzipal        56    4' Oktave     12
 2' Oktave          56  III  Scharf          168   16' Fagott     32
II  Sesquialtera tc 88    8' Trompete         56    8' Fagott     12
IV  Mixtur         224       Tremulant              4' Fagott     12

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield April 17, 2010.]