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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3143 (1972)

Organ (Zion) Lutheran Church: Sanctuary
1515 Organ Church Rd.
Salisbury, NC

Images

2016-10-25 - Chancel, organ chamber, pipe display (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2016-10-25 - Organ chamber, pipe display (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2016-10-25 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2016-10-25 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2016-10-25 - Window (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
25 stops
25 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 coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-02-02 - Identified by Riley Wes Mitchell from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2010-12-29 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2014-08-27 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- According to a history of the parish published online by the North Carolina Synod of the ELCA, "During the tenure of Rev. E. W. Ridenhour a new pipe organ built by Casavant Freres of Quebec, Canada was installed in April 1972. The organ which cost $54,000.00 contains 1,814 pipes ranging in size from one inch to eight feet in length. The organ was used for the first time for a worship service on June 4, 1972." -Database Manager

2020-12-02 - From the NC State University Libraries: The building is the oldest stone Lutheran church in the state. The popular name refers to an organ moved from the old log church to the new building and used until the late nineteenth century. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

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

    Organ (Zion) Lutheran Church
    Salisbury, North Carolina

    Casavant   Op. 3143   1972   2/35

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

    GREAT                      SWELL
16' Quintaden      61       8' Salizional    61
 8' Prinzipal      61       8' Vox coelestis 61 GG
 8' Gedackt        61       8' Rohrflöte     61
 4' Oktav          61       4' Prinzipal     61
 4' Koppelflöte    61       4' Nachthorn     61
 2' Flachflöte     61       2' Oktav         61
IV  Mixtur        244   1 1/3' Quintflöte    61
 8' Trompete       61      II  Sesquialtera  98 tc
                           IV  Scharf       244
    PEDAL                   8' Krummhorn     61
16' Subbass        32          Tremulant
16' Quintaden      GT
 8' Prinzipalbass  32
 8' Gedacktpommer  32
 4' Choralbass     32
IV  Mixtur        128
16' Posaune   L/2  32
 4' Schalmei       32

[Received online from Jeff Scofield December 28, 2010]