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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2861 (1965)

First Baptist Church
1311 Fourteenth Street
Calgary, AB, CA

Images

2013-03-07 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-08-30 - Console (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Church interior and organ case (Photograph by Church website, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-09-13 - Church interior and organ case (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
35 stops
41 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-01-13 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2021-02-05 - This was a rebuild, with additions and a new console, of 3/29 1912 Casavant Op. 484. Casavant supplied additions in 1992. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives

       Calgary, Alberta
       First Baptist Church

       Casavant   Op. 484   1912   3/29
       Casavant   Op. 2861  1965   3/44
       Casavant   Op. 2861  1992    / 3
       _______________________________________________________

       GREAT                          CHOIR

   16' Quintaton          61       8' Rohrpommer            61
    8' Principal          61       8' Kleinerzähler         61
    8' Stillflöte         61       8' Kleinerzähler Celeste 49
    4' Octave             61       4' Chimney Flûte         61
    4' Koppelflöte        61       2' Flachflöte            61
    2' Superoctave        61   1 1/3' Quintflöte            61
   IV  Fourniture 1 1/3' 244      II  Sesquialtera         122
       Unison Off                  8' Clarinet              61
       Super                          Tremulant
    8' Trompette          CH       8' Trompette Harmonique  61
                                      Sub
       SWELL                          Unison Off
                                      Super
    8' Stopped Diapason   61          Chimes              prep
    8' Aeoline            61
    8' Voix Céleste       49          PEDAL
    4' Geigen Principal   61
    4' Harmonic Flute     61      16' Contrebasse           32
2 2/3' Nasat              61      16' Bourdon               32
    2' Piccolo            61      16' Quintaton             GT
  III  Plein Jeu    2'   183       8' Principal             32
   16' Fagott     L/2     61       8' Bourdon               12
    8' Trompette          61       4' Superoctave           12
    8' Vox Humana         61       4' Doppelgedackt         32
    4' Hautbois-Clairon   61       2' Doppelflöte           12
       Tremulant                  IV  Fourniture  2 2/3'   128
       Sub                        16' Bombarde              32
       Unison Off                 16' Fagott                SW
       Super                       4' Schalmei              32
                                      Chimes              prep

            [Received from Jeff Scofield February 4, 2021]

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