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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2477 (1958)

First Methodist Church: Sanctuary
5510 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ

Images

2022-04-22 - Console after relocation to Vancouver (Photograph by Vancouver RCCO, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel ((ca. 1960) Vintage Postcard; image courtesy of William Dunklin/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
42 stops
48 registers
4 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
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

2010-03-08 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield; three Mixtures and an 8' Hohlflote were supplied by Casavant in 1977; rebuilt and considerably changed by Robert Sipe in 1995, retaining most of the Casavant pipework. -Database Manager

2022-12-06 - The console was relocated in 1994 to Casavant Op. 1475 at St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church in Vancouver. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives Date not recorded

       Phoenix, Arizona
       First Methodist Church

       Casavant   Op. 2477   1958   3/52

       Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
       Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

       GREAT                         SWELL
   16' Flute Conique 61           8' Geigen Principal 68
    8' Principal 61               8' Rohrflöte 68
    8' Bourdon 61                 8' Salicional 68
    8' Gemshorn 61                8' Voix Celeste 61 GG
    4' Octave 61                  8' Echo Gamba 68
    4' Chimney Flute 61           4' Geigen Octave 68
2 2/3' Octave Quinte 61           4' Flauto Traverso 68
    2' Super Octave 61            2' Flautina 61
   IV  Fourniture 244            IV  Plein Jeu 244
       Super                     16' Contra Fagotto 68
    8' Trompette CH               8' Trumpet 68
       Carillonic Bells (pf)      8' Hautbois 68
                                  4' Clarion 68
       CHOIR                         Tremulant
   16' Quintaton 68                  Sub
    8' Spitz Principal 68            Super
    8' Metallgedackt 68
    8' Spitzflöte 68                 PEDAL
    8' Unda Maris 61 GG          16' Contrebasse 32
    4' Prestant 68               16' Soubasse 32
    4' Koppelflöte 68            16' Flute Conique GT
2 2/3' Nazard 61                 16' Quintaton CH
    2' Blockflöte 61              8' Spitzprinzipal 32
1 3/5' Tierce 61                  8' Bourdon 12
  III  Cymbal 183                 8' Flute Conique GT
    8' Krummhorn 68               8' Quintaton CH
       Tremulant              5 1/3' Quinte 32
       Sub                        4' Choral Bass 12
       Super                      4' Rohrflöte 32
    8' Trompette 68 (hp)        III  Mixtur 96
       Carillonic Bells (pf)     16' Posaune 32
                                 16' Fagotto SW
                                  8' Trumpet 12
                                     Carillonic Bells (pf)

       Added in 1977:   IV Fourniture  1 1/3'  244
                        IV Mixture     1'      244
                       III Scharff     2/3'    183
                        8' Hohlflote   8'       61

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 09, 2010.]

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