Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2438 (1958)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
830 Hodges St.
Lake Charles, LA

Images

Unknown - Church Exterior, Interior, and Chancel (Photograph by A. J. Rybiski (1958)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
29 stops
42 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)
Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-03-17 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Console to be located fifty feet from the organ. -Database Manager

2016-07-26 - Updated through online information from Matthew Buller. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Lake Charles, Louisiana
       First Baptist Church

       Casavant   Op. 2438   1958   3/31

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

       GREAT                          CHOIR
   16' Gemshorn 12                 8' Viola 68
    8' Diapason 68                 8' Concert Flute 68
    8' Hohlflöte 68                8' Spitzflöte 68
    8' Gemshorn 68                 8' Spitzflöte Celeste 56 tc
    4' Octave 68                   4' Koppelflöte 68
2 2/3' Twelfth 61              2 2/3' Nazard 61
    2' Super Octave 61             2' Piccolo 61
    8' Trumpet 68                  8' Krummhorn 68
       Unison Off                     Tremulant
       Super                          Sub
       Chimes 21                      Unison Off
                                      Super
       SWELL                          Harp and Damper Pedal (pf)
   16' Rohr Bourdon 12
    8' Geigen Principal 68            PEDAL
    8' Rohrflöte 68               16' Contra Bass 32 (metal)
    8' Salicional 68              16' Bourdon 32
    8' Voix Celeste 61 GG         16' Gemshorn GT
    4' Octave Geigen 68           16' Rohr Bourdon SW
    4' Flauto Traverso 68          8' Cello 12
    2' Flageolet 61                8' Stopped Flute 12
  III  Plein Jeu 183               8' Gemshorn GT
   16' Contra Fagotto 68           4' Super Octave 12
    8' Trompette 68                4' Flute 12
    8' Oboe 68 (capped)           16' Trombone 12 GT
    4' Clarion 68                 16' Fagotto SW
       Tremulant                   8' Trumpet GT
       Sub                         4' Clarion GT
       Unison Off
       Super

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 18, 2010.]