Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2880 (1966)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
185 North Maple Avenue
Covington, VA

Images

2020-05-08 - Organ, exposed pipes (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2016-08-30 - Church interior, organ and exposed pipes (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
2 manuals
19 stops
19 registers
3 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 toe pistons

Notes

2010-01-13 - 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. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Covington, Virginia
    First Presbyterian Church

    Casavant   Op. 2880   1966   2/27

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

    GREAT               SWELL                          PEDAL
 8' Principal  61    8' Salicional         61      16' Subbass    32
 8' Rohrflöte  61    8' Salicional Celeste 54 GG    8' Principal  32
 4' Octave     61    8' Gedackt            61       4' Choralbass 32
 4' Spitzflöte 61    4' Gemshorn           61      IV  Mixture   128
 2' Blockflöte 61    4' Koppelflöte        61      16' Fagott L/2 32
IV  Mixture   244    2' Principal          61
                   III  Cymbel            183
                     8' Krummhorn          61
                        Tremulant

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield  November 15, 2010]