Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3024 (1969)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
301 Trinity St.
Austin, TX

Images

2016-08-28 - Church interior to rear (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-09-23 - Church interior (Photograph by Church Facebook/Jeff Scofield)

2016-10-04 - Organ screen and exposed pipes (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2016-06-19 - Choirloft, chancel, organ screen and exposed pipes (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
44 stops
45 registers
5 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 coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-01-15 - Identified by Riley Wes Mitchell from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-05-24 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2015-06-14 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Austin, Texas
       First Baptist Church

       Casavant   Op. 3024   1969   3/55

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

       GREAT                          SWELL
   16' Quintaden           61      8' Salizional            61
    8' Prinzipal           61      8' Salizional céleste GG 54
    8' Bordun              61      8' Rohrflöte             61
    4' Oktav               61      4' Gemshorn              61
    4' Blockflöte          61      2' Prinzipal             61
    2' Oktav               61     IV  Scharf               244
   IV  Mixtur             244     16' Fagott      L/2       61
    8' Trompete            61      8' Oboe                  61
       Chimes              25      4' Rohrschalmei          61
                                      Tremulant
       CHOIR                          Sub
    8' Gedacktflöte        61         Unison Off
    8' Erzähler            61         Super
    8' Erzähler Celeste tc 49
    4' Spitzflöte          61         PEDAL
2 2/3' Nasat               61     16' Prinzipal             32
    2' Waldflöte           61     16' Subbass               32
1 3/5' Terz                61     16' Quintaden             GT
    8' Krummhorn           61      8' Oktav                 32
       Tremulant                   8' Gedacktpommer         32
       Sub                         4' Oktav                 32
       Unison Off                  4' Nachthorn             32
       Super                      IV  Mixtur               128
                                  16' Posaune               32
       POSITIV                    16' Rankett               32
    8' Gedackt             61      8' Trompete              32
    4' Prinzipal           61      4' Schalmei              32
    4' Koppelflöte         61         Chimes                GT
    2' Spitzoktav          61
1 1/3' Quintflöte          61
    1' Sifflöte            61
  III  Zimbel             183
    8' Regal               61

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield May 24, 2010.]

Websites

The First Baptist Church of Austin : Organ - Description and photos (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)