Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 968-R (1989)

St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church
190 Adams Ave.
Memphis, TN

Images

2018-04-05 - Gallery (Photograph by Charles Kegg/Database Manager)

2018-04-05 - Nave (Photograph by Andrew McKeon/Database Manager)

2018-04-05 - Console (Photograph by Charles Kegg/Database Manager)

2018-04-05 - Left jamb (Photograph by Charles Kegg/Database Manager)

2018-04-05 - Right jamb (Photograph by Charles Kegg/Database Manager)

2018-04-05 - Window (Photograph by Andrew McKeon/Database Manager)

2018-04-05 - Nave and Gallery (Photograph by Andrew McKeon/Database Manager)

1989-10-15 - Nave, Gallery, and Pipe Facades (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

1989-10-15 - Pipe Facade (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

2023-05-05 - Console and facade pipes (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-01-15 - Church exterior (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
30 stops
37 registers
5 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: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
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

2010-05-16 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Located to each side of the gallery behind façade pipes. Originally installed in 1923 as 4/35 Casavant Op. 968 -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

     Memphis, Tennessee
     St. Mary's R. C. Church

     Casavant   Op. 968   1989   4/34

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

     GREAT
  8' Open Diapason   68  1-12 en façade to remain at site, clean,
                         new slide tuners 13-68
  8' Hohl Flöte      68  clean, check wood joints
  8' Gemshorn        68  clean, new slide tuners 1-68
  4' Octave          68  clean, new slide tuners 1-68
  4' Harmonic Flute  68  clean, new slide tuners 1-24
  2' Fifteenth       61  clean, new slide tuners 1-61
III  Mixture        183  clean, repair, new slide tuners
  8' Tuba            68  repair, revoiced with new tongues,
                         resonators cut dead-length
     Harp                no repair; relocate and reconnect only
     Chimes              prepared for
     Sub
     Super

     SWELL
 16' Bourdon         68  1-12 to remain at site, check joints,
                         repack stoppers as necessary, 13-68
  8' Open Diapason   68  clean, new slide tuners 1-12
  8' Gedackt         68  check joints, repack stoppers as necessary
  8' Viole de gambe  68  clean, new slide tuners 1-12
  8' Voix céleste tc 56  clean
  4' Octave          --  unit extension of 8' Open Diapason
  4' Flauto traverso 68  clean, new slide tuners 1-68
  2' Piccolo         61  harm., clean, new slide tuners 1-12
III  Cornet         183  new pipes 2 2/3, 2, 1 3/5
  8' Trompette       68  minor cleaning and revoicing with
                         new tongues, cut dead-length
  8' Oboe            68  clean and revoice with new tongues
  8' Vox humana      68  clean and revoice with new tongues
     Tremolo
     Blank
     Sub
     Super

     CHOIR
  8' Violin Diapason 68  clean, new slide tuners 1-12
  8' Melodia         68  clean, check joints
  8' Dulciana        68  clean, new slide tuners 1-12
  8' Unda maris   tc 68  new pipes and chest
  4' Octave          61  new pipes and chest
  4' Flute d'amour   68  clean, check joints, repack as necessary
  2' Doublette       61  new pipes and chest
  8' Clarinet        68  clean and revoice with new tongues
     Tremolo
     Sub
     Super

     SOLO
  8' Tuba            GT
  4' Tuba            GT
     Harp            61
     Celesta
     Chimes              prepared for

     PEDAL
 16' Open Diapason   12  wood pipes, checked and repaired on site
 16' Bourdon         30  checked and repaired on site
 16' Gedackt         SW  1-12 checked and repaired on site
  8' Octave          30  new metal pipes 1-42, ext. of 16', 1-18 on Open
                         Diapason top chest, 19-42 on new unit chest
  8' Flute           12  checked and repaired on site
  4' Super Octave    12
 16' Trombone        30  major repairs, revoice with new tongues,
                         better supports provided by Builder

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield May 17, 2010.]

Documents

(1989-06-04) Dedication program, via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#46711 - Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 968 (1923)