Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3163 (1972)

First Christian Church
6165 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA

Images

2011-07-15 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2014-06-08 - Chancel, choirloft and exposed pipes (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2012-12-02 - Church interior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
25 stops
26 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 56 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 thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-01-16 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-11-20 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2017-10-20 - Updated by Steven Bartley <br> <br>In 2013 the combination action was updated to a solid state system by David M. Storey, with minimum visual changes to the console. <br>The "sanctuary is a post-WWII colonial with dry acoustics. The organ is installed in matching chambers/exposed window boxes on either side of the centered choir area. <br>Voicing is period Casavant, where all ranks are somewhat pushed, the reed ranks emphasize somewhat edgy French tone, and flute stops are nearly the same dynamic level as the principal stops, and with excessive articulation. All better suited to a larger more reverberant room. The condition of the organ is very good and clean. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Falls Church, Virginia
    First Christian Church

    Casavant   Op. 3163   1972   2/35

    Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
    St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
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    GREAT                     SWELL                  PEDAL
16' Quintaden     56       8' Salizional    56   16' Subbass       32
 8' Prinzipal     56       8' Vox coelestis 44   16' Quintaden     GT
 8' Rohrflöte     56       8' Gedackt       56    8' Prinzipal     32
 4' Oktav         56       4' Spitzflöte    56    8' Gedacktpommer 32
 4' Spillflöte    56       2' Prinzipal     56    4' Choralbass    32
 2' Flachflöte    56   1 1/3' Quinte        56    2' Nachthorn     32
II  Sesquialtera 112      IV  Scharf       224   IV  Mixtur       128
IV  Mixtur       224       8' Oboe          56   16' Posaune  L/2  32
 8' Trompete      56          Tremulant           4' Schalmei      32
    Tremulant
    Chimes        25

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield  November 19, 2010]