Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2969 (1968)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
4 Everett St.
Newport, RI

Images

2018-01-29 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1900s)/Database Manager)

2025 - Facade (Church Website/Colton Barber)

2025 - Facade and Console (Church Website /Colton Barber)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
28 stops
29 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
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

2010-03-29 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2010-03-30 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2014-03-25 - Updated through online information from David Warfield. -- Electronic additions and new console, 1996. -Database Manager

2021-04-28 - Combined with a 3-manual Rodgers in 1996. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

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

     Newport, Rhode Island
     First Presbyterian Church

     Casavant   Op. 2969   1968   3/38

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

     GREAT                          SWELL
 16' Quintaden      61           8' Gedackt           61
  8' Prinzipal      61           8' Gemshorn          61
  8' Rohrflöte      61           8' Gemshorn Celeste  49  tc
  4' Oktav          61           4' Spitzflöte        61
  4' Koppelflöte    61           2' Prinzipal         61
  2' Superoktav     61         III  Zimbel           183
 IV  Mixtur        244           8' Oboe              61
  8' Trompete       61              Tremulant

     POSITIV                        PEDAL
  8' Gedackt        61          16' Prinzipal         32
  4' Prinzipal      61          16' Subbass           32
  2' Schwegal       61          16' Quintaden         GT
 II  Sesquialtera   98 tc        8' Oktav             32
III  Scharf        183           8' Gedacktpommer     32
  8' Krummhorn      61           4' Choralbass        32
                               III  Mixtur            96
                                16' Posaune           32  half-length

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 30, 2010.]