Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2869 (1967)

St. Brendan and St. Ann Catholic Church
333 East 206th Street
New York City: The Bronx, NY

Images

2017-03-20 - Church exterior and entrance (Photograph by Hugo L. Gonzalez via WikiMedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2017-05-12 - Church exterior (Photograph by Hugo L. Gonzalez via WikiMedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2017-03-20 - Church interior and exposed pipes (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson via the NYC AGO Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
33 stops
33 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)
Has crescendo
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

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

2010-08-29 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Missing or damaged pipework replaced by Casavant in 1975. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Bronx, New York
       St. Brendan's R. C. Church

       Casavant   Op. 2869   1967   3/45

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

       * had damaged or missing pipework replaced in 1975

       GREAT                        POSITIV
   16' Quintade        61        8' Holzgedackt     61 *     
    8' Prinzipal       61        8' Erzähler        61
    8' Rohrflöte       61 *      4' Prinzipal       61
    4' Oktav           61        4' Koppelflöte     61
    4' Nachthorn       61 *      2' Oktav           61
    2' Flachflöte      61 *     II  Sesquialtera tc 98
   IV  Mixtur         244 *     IV  Scharf         244
    8' Trompete        61 *      8' Krummhorn       61 *

       SWELL                        PEDAL
    8' Gedacktflöte    61 *     16' Prinzipal       32
    8' Gemshorn        61 *     16' Subbass         32
    8' Schwebung    tc 49 *      8' Oktav           32
    4' Spitzprinzipal  61        8' Gedacktpommer   32
    4' Rohrpfeife      61 *      4' Choralbass      32
    2' Waldflöte       61 *     IV  Mixtur         128
1 1/3' Nasat           61 *     16' Posaune         32
  III  Zimbel         183 *      4' Schalmei        32 *
    8' Oboe            61
       Tremulant

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield  August 31, 2010]

Websites

St. Brendan Catholic Church - [NYC AGO Organ Project Page] Specification, history (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)