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Casavant Frères Opus 2307 (1997)

Austin Avenue United Methodist Church: Sanctuary
1300 Austin Avenue
Waco, TX

Images


2016-01-20 - Console, Nave, and Balconies (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

2016-01-20 - Console (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

2016-01-20 - Manual, Couplers, and Builder's Name Stencil (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

2016-01-20 - Left Drawknobs (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

2016-01-20 - Right Drawknobs (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

2016-01-20 - Loose Drawknobs (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

2016-01-20 - Chamber Grillework (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

2016-01-20 - Stained Glass Window (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

2016-01-20 - Stained Glass Window (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

2016-01-20 - Stained Glass Window (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

2015-07-19 - Church Exterior (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

2015-05-30 - Church Exterior (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

2010-03-14 - Console after 1997 additions (Photograph by Matthew Pool/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Notes

2010-05-24 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Originally installed in 1956 as 3/30 Casavant Op. 2307 -Database Manager

2010-11-20 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -Database Manager

2010-11-28 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -- The Official Texas Historical Building Marker states: Austin Avenue Methodist Church Designed by R.H. Hunt, this edifice is a substantial interpretation of Gothic architecture. It was built in 1925 during the ministry of the Rev. Cullom H. Booth. The two-story- equivalent brick structure, which rests on a raised basement, features a prominent bell tower. The original tracery detail in the tower was removed by the 1940's. The original art glass windows and tracery detail in the sanctuary were replaced after a 1954 fire caused extensive damage. RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK - 1990 -Database Manager

2015-04-17 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -Database Manager

2017-05-25 - Updated by T. Bradford Willis, DDS, listing conversations with this person as the source of the information: Church Historian.<br> The organ is currently undergoing repairs and renovations. Casavant will do the work on the console, and Jason Alden, of Alden Organ Services, will complete work on the pipes. -Database Manager

2017-09-11 - Updated by T. Bradford Willis, DDS, naming this as the source of information: Austin Avenews, church newsletter, September 2017. <br> <br>The repairs and renovations are completed, and a short recital by Jillian Gardner, church organist, is planned during the morning service of worship on Sept. 24, 2017. -Database Manager

2017-09-26 - Updated by T. Bradford Willis, DDS, listing conversations with this person as the source of the information: T. Bradford Willis, former church historian.. <br>The console has been repositioned to where the organist now faces the reredos and choir loft. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Waco, Texas
       Austin Avenue United Methodist Church

       Casavant   Op. 2307   1956/1997   3/33

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

       + Stops marked thus are not included in Phase I

       GREAT
   16' Flute Conique    12
    8' Open Diapason    68
    8' Hohl Flute       68
    8' Gemshorn         68
    4' Octave           68
2 2/3' Twelfth          61
    2' Fifteenth        61
+  IV  Fourniture     (244) new pipes on new unit windchest
    8' Harmonic Trumpet 68  existing pipes, revoiced with new
                            tongues and shallots
+   8' Royal Trumpet   (61) new good pipes, with blower and reservoir
                            on new unit windchest on high pressure
       Unison Off
       Super
       Chimes           CH

       SWELL
   16' Rohr Bourdon     12
    8' Geigen Principal 68  1-12 returned to offset windchest in
                            Swell, new pipes for 13-68
    8' Rohr Flute       68  existing pipes to be repaired and fitted
                            with new canister tuning caps
    8' Viola da Gamba   68
    8' Voix céleste  GG 61
    4' Principal        68  new pipes and rackboard to be located on one
                            of the existing Mixture IV actions; existing
                            pipework maybe reused if it is tonally
                            satisfactory or not damaged in the case
                            of the 2' stop
    4' Harmonic Flute   68
    2' Piccolo          61  new pipes on existing Flautino action
   II  Cornet        tc 98  existing pipework, rescaled, with rackboard
                            and sill on one of the existing Mixture IV
                            actions
   IV  Mixture         244  restoratino of four-rank Mixture on new sill
                            with rackboard on two existing actions of
                            present mixture
   16' Contra Fagotto   68  existing pipes to be revoiced with new
                            tongues; major repair of top 24 pipes to
                            be required
    8' Trompette        68  existing pipes to be revoiced with new
                            tongues and shallots
    8' Oboe             68  existing pipes to be revoiced with new
                            tongues; the stop shall be returned from the
                            Choir to its original location in the Swell
    4' Clarion          68  existing pipes to be revoiced with new
                            tongues and shallots
       Tremblant
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super

       CHOIR
    8' Viola            68
    8' Concert Flute    68
    8' Dulciana         68
    8' Unda Maris    GG 61
    4' Nachthorn        68  existing pipes to be repaired and fitted
                            with new canister tuning caps
    2' Piccolo          61  
+1 1/3'Larigot         (61) existing 2 2/3' pipes from Swell augmented 
                            by 12 new treble pipes located on new
                            unit chest
    8' Clarinet         68  new pipes to replace missing stop
       Tremolo
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super
       Chimes
       Harp
+   8' Royal Trumpet    GT

       PEDAL
+  32' Untersatz        dg
+  32' Contra Bourdon   dg
   16' Contra Bass      32
   16' Bourdon          32
   16' Flûte conique    GT
   16' Rohr Bourdon     SW
    8' Cello            12
    8' Stopped Flute    12
    8' Gemshorn         GT
    4' Choralbass       12
    4' Gemshorn         GT
+  32' Contra Trombone  12  half-length
   16' Trombone      GT 12  existing pipes to be revoiced with
                            new tongues and shallots
   16' Fagotto          SW
    8' Trumpet          GT
+   8' Royal Trumpet   (GT)   
    4' Clarion          GT
       Chimes

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield May 27, 2010.]

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