Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2901 (1966)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
312 5th Ave. W
Hendersonville, NC

Images

2016-10-27 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2016-10-27 - Nave and Balcony (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
34 stops
34 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)
Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-01-14 - Identified by Riley Wes Mitchell from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. Sold to R Dodington 1995 -Database Manager

2010-12-26 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Combined with 3-manual Rodgers ca. 1995; Casavant console relocated by Dodington to First Baptist Church, London, Ontario, and used for Casavant Op. 882 -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Hendersonville, North Carolina
       First Baptist Church

       Casavant   Op. 2901   1966   3/45

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

       GREAT                           CHOIR
   16' Quintade           61        8' Gedackt     61
    8' Principal          61        8' Spitzflöte  61
    8' Bordun             61        4' Gemshorn    61
    4' Octave             61    2 2/3' Nasat       61
    4' Rohrgedackt        61        2' Waldflöte   61
2 2/3' Quinte             61    1 3/5' Terz        61
    2' Octave             61      III  Zimbel     183
   IV  Mixture           244        8' Krummhorn   61
       Chimes (Deagan D)  25           Tremulant

       SWELL                           PEDAL
    8' Salicional         61       16' Principal   32
    8' Salicional Celeste 54 GG    16' Subbass     32
    8' Rohrflöte          61        8' Octave      32
    4' Spitzprincipal     61        8' Gedackt     32
    4' Nachthorn          61        4' Choralbass  32
    2' Flachflöte         61        4' Rohrpfeife  32
   IV  Scharf            244       IV  Mixture    128
    8' Trompete           61       16' Posaune     32
    4' Oboe               61        4' Schalmei    32
       Tremulant
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super

[Received online from Jeff Scofield Dcember 26, 2010]