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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2945 (1967)

First Congregational Church
2131 North Van Ness Boulevard
Fresno, CA

Images

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Website, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2016-11-01 - Console (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-01-07 - Exposed pipes of Positiv, Great and part of Pedal (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2014-02-01 - Church interior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
37 stops
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has sequencer
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

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

2010-01-17 - Updated through online information from Robert Carl Patterson. -Database Manager

2013-07-23 - Updated through online information from Thomas L. DeLay. -Database Manager

2013-09-13 - Updated through online information from Jim Keller. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from factory specifications and church website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Fresno, California
       First Congregational Church

       Casavant   Op. 2945   1967   3/50

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

       GREAT                              POSITIV
   16' Quintade         61             8' Gedackt      61
    8' Prinzipal        61             8' Stillflöte   61
    8' Rohrflöte        61             8' Unda Maris   49 tc
    4' Oktav            61             4' Prinzipal    61
    4' Spitzflöte       61             4' Koppelflöte  61
2 2/3' Nasat            61             2' Oktav        61
    2' Waldflöte        61         1 1/3' Kleinnasat   61
1 3/5' Terz             61           III  Zimbel      183
   IV  Mixtur          244             8' Krummhorn    61
    8' Trompete         61                Tremulant
       Chimes           pf                Sub
                                          Super
       SWELL
    8' Salizional       61                PEDAL
    8' Vox coelestis GG 54            32' Bourdon      dg (1992)
    8' Nachthorn        61            16' Prinzipal    32
    4' Spitzprinzipal   61            16' Subbass      32
    4' Kleingedackt     61            16' Quintade     GT
    2' Gemshorn         61             8' Oktav        32
   II  Sesquialtera    122 (1979)      8' Pommer       32
   IV  Scharf          244             4' Choralbass   32
   16' Fagott    L/2    61             4' Rohrpfeife   32 (1974)
    8' Schalmei         61            IV  Mixtur      128
       Tremulant                      32' Bombarde     dg (1992)
       Sub                            16' Posaune      32
       Unison Off                     16' Fagott       SW   
       Super                           4' Schalmei     32

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield April 15, 2010.]

Websites

Pipes on Van Ness - History, stoplist, videos, recordings, and additional information (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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#69468 - Casavant Frères (2014)