Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2091 (1951)

Broadway Baptist Church: Sanctuary
305 W. Broadway
Fort Worth, TX

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

1989-04-08 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1989-04-08 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1989-04-08 - Console to right (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1989-04-08 - Console to left (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1951-07-22 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

1951-07-22 - Console (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

Unknown - Balcony and Chamber Grillework (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

1951-06-01 - Console (Image from Casavant Brochure; courtesy of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
4 manuals
86 stops
102 registers
8 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-02-26 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Pipework in side and front chambers; replaced in 1996 by 5/191 Casavant Op. 3750, retaining some pipework. -Database Manager

2010-05-24 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- 16' Open Diapason (wood) and 32' Bombarde retained for Op. 3750; the rest of the pipework was stored and then discarded. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from Casavant brochure Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Fort Worth, Texas
       Broadway Baptist Church

       Casavant   Op. 2091   1952   4/92

       GREAT                           SWELL
   16' Flute Conique 68            16' Lieblich Gedeckt 68
    8' Open Diapason 68             8' Geigen Principal 68
    8' Violin Diapason 68           8' Stopped Diapason 68
    8' Hohl Flute 68                8' Salicional 68
    8' Rohr Flute 68                8' Viola da Gamba 68
    8' Gemshorn 68                  8' Voix Celeste 61 GG
    4' Octave 68                    8' Aeoline 68
    4' Harmonic Flute 68            4' Octave 68
2 2/3' Twelfth 61                   4' Flute Triangulaire 68
    2' Super Octave 61          2 2/3' Nazard 61
   IV  Mixture 244                  2' Piccolo 61
    8' Harmonic Trumpet 68         IV  Mixture 244
       Unison Off                  16' Contra Fagotto 68
       Super                        8' Trompette 68
       Chimes CH                    8' Oboe 68
                                    8' Vox Humana 68
       ANTIPHONAL GREAT             4' Clarion 68
    8' Principal 68                    Tremulant
    8' Melodia 68                      Sub
    8' Dulciana 68                     Unison Off
    4' Octave 68                       Super
    4' Lieblich Flute 68
2 2/3' Twelfth 61                      ANTIPHONAL SWELL
    2' Fifteenth 61                 8' Geigen Principal 68
       Sub                          8' Rohr Flute 68
       Super                        8' Spitz Flute 68
                                    8' Flute Celeste 61 GG
       CHOIR                        4' Gemshorn 68
   16' Contra Dulciana 68           4' Harmonic Flute 68
    8' Viola 68                     2' Super Octave 61
    8' Concert Flute 68             8' Trumpet 68
    8' Quintadena 68                   Tremulant
    8' Dulciana                        Sub
    8' Unda Maris 61 GG                Super
    4' Violina 68
    4' Lieblich Flute 68               PEDAL
2 2/3' Nazard 61                   32' Resultant 12 (independent quints)
    2' Flageolet 61                16' Open Diapason 32 (wood)
1 3/5' Tierce 61                   16' Bourdon 32
    8' Cor Anglais 68              16' Violone 32
    8' Clarinet 68                 16' Flute Conique GT
       Tremulant                   16' Gamba SO
       Sub                         16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
       Unison Off                  16' Dulciana CH
       Super                   10 2/3' Quint 32
       Chimes 25                    8' Principal 32
       Magniharp SO                 8' Stopped Flute 12
                                    8' Violoncello 12
       SOLO                         8' Still Gedeckt SW
   16' Contra Gamba 68          5 1/3' Octave Quint 12
    8' Gross Gamba 68               4' Super Octave 12
    8' Gross Flute 68               4' Night Horn 32
    8' Viole d'Orchestre 68        IV  Mixture 128
    8' Viole Celeste 68            32' Bombarde 32 (F/L)
    4' Octave 68                   16' Trombone 12
    4' Concert Flute 68            16' Fagotto SW
   IV  Mixture 244                  8' Trumpet 12
    8' Orchestral Oboe 68           4' Clarion 12
       Tremulant
       Sub                             ANTIPHONAL PEDAL
       Unison Off                  16' Bourdon 32
       Super                        8' Violoncello 32
    8' Tuba Mirabilis 68            8' Stopped Flute 12
    8' French Horn 68
       Deagan Magniharp 37

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield February 27, 2010.]

Documents

(1952-01-01) Booklet describing the 1952 installation -Jeff Scofield

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#44123 - Casavant Frères Opus 3750 (1996)