Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3253 (1974)

St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church
1001 S. Goliad Street
Big Spring, TX

Images

2021-10-04 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-03-07 - Console (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-04-21 - Chancel and organ chamber grillework (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-12-21 - Church interior to front (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
11 stops
14 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
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: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2010-03-03 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

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

Stoplist

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

    Big Spring, Texas
    Church of St. Mary the Virgin

    Casavant   Op. 3253   1974   2/15

    Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
    St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
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    GREAT                     SWELL                 PEDAL
 8' Prinzipal        56    8' Gedackt    56     16' Subbass 12 GT
 8' Hohlflöte        56    8' Gemshorn   44 *    8' Prinzipal  32
 4' Oktave           56    4' Rohrflöte  56      8' Hohlflöte  GT
II  Sesquialtera tc  88    2' Prinzipal  56      4' Oktave     12
IV  Mixtur          224    8' Trompete   56
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 *  1-12 from Gedackt

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