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Casavant Frères Opus 2900-R (1996)

St. Paul's Episcopal Church: Church
605 Reynolds St.
Augusta, GA

Images

2020-06-01 - Console and church interior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2011-06-20 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Organ Case (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2011-06-20 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2011-06-20 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
50 stops
39 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: Computerized/Digital
Has sequencer
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

2010-06-01 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

            Augusta, Georgia
            St. Paul's Episcopal Church

            Casavant   Op. 2900   1966/1996   3/50

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

            GREAT
 1.     16' Principal         --  1-12 from No. 48, ext. of No. 2
 2.      8' Open Diapason     61  new pipes, actions unified
 3.      8' Chimney Flute     61  
 4.      4' Octave            61  new 70% tin pipes for the façade
 5.      4' Spire Flute       61
 6.      2' Block Flute       61
 7.     II  Grave Mixture    122  existing Rauschquint II, revised
 8.     IV  Mixture          244  existing, revised
 9.     16' Double Trumpet    --  1-12 from No. 56, ext. of No. 10
10.      8' Trumpet           61  existing (1978) hooded; revoiced
                                  with new shallots, scrolls kept
11.      8' Tuba              61  new pipes, chest, stays, h.p. blower,
                                  sound-absorbing enclosure and reservoir
12.      8' State Trumpet     AN
            Tower Bells
            Cymbelstern
            MIDI I

            SWELL
13.     16' Lieblich Gedackt  CH
14.      8' Open Diapason     dg
15.      8' Bourdon           61
16.      8' Viola             61
17.      8' Voix céleste   GG 54
18.      4' Principal         61
19.      4' Open Flute        61
20.  2 2/3' Nazard            61
21.      2' Recorder          61
22.  1 3/5' Tierce            61
23. III-IV  Mixture          227  new pipes and toeboard on Cymbale IV
                                  action
24.     16' Fagotto           61  made full-length from G20 new toeboard,
                                  revoiced with new shallots
25.      8' Cornopean         61  revoiced with new shallots, scrolls
                                  kept, 1-61 actions unified
26.      8' Hautboy           61  1-12 new pipes with racks, 13-up 
                                  existing pipes, revoiced with new
                                  shallots, gentle sound, actions unified
27.      4' Clarion           --  from No. 25, top octave repeats
            Tremulant
            Sub
            Unison Off
            Super
            MIDI II

            CHOIR (unenclosed)
28.     16' Lieblich Gedackt  61  existing Great, unified in same location
29.      8' Open Diapason     61  existing Great Principal pipes on new
                                  toeboard on Gemshorn action
30.      8' Stopped Diapason  61  rescaled by two pipes
31.      8' Harmonic Flute    49  new pipes winded from Great Trumpet
                                  reservoir, 1-12 common with No. 49
                                  on new unit chest
32.      4' Principal         61
33.      4' Spindle Flute     61
34.      2' Fifteenth         61
35.  1 1/3' Larigot           61
36.    III  Mixture          183  existing Swell pipes at 1' on Zimbel III
                                  action
37.      8' Clarinet          61  new pipes with stays on existing 
                                  Cromorne action
38.      8' Hautboy           SW  
39.      8' Tuba              GT  affected only by CH intra-manual cplrs
40.      8' State Trumpet     AN  affected only by CH intra-manual cplrs
            Sub
            Super
            MIDI III

            SOLO (floating, digital voices, in tablet board)
41.      8' Erzähler
42.      8' Erzähler céleste
43.      8' Cor anglais
44.      8' French Horn
45.      8' Corno di Bassetto
            Tremulant
            Chimes
            Harp

            PEDAL
46.     32' Violone           dg
47.     32' Contra Bourdon    dg
48.     16' Principal         32
49.     16' Subbass           32  rescaled by two pipes
50.     16' Lieblich Gedackt  CH
51.      8' Octave            32  new 70% tin pipes for the façade
52.      8' Stopped Flute     32
53.      4' Choral Bass       32  new 70% tin pipes for the façade
54.    III  Mixture           96
55.     32' Ophicleide        dg
56.     16' Trombone          32  full-length, revoiced with new shallots,
                                  additional racks to support properly
57.     16' Fagotto           SW
58.      8' Tuba              GT
59.      8' State Trumpet     AN
60.      8' Trumpet           GT
61.      4' Shalmey           32
62.      4' Trumpet           GT
            MIDI IV

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield June 02, 2010.]

Documents

(1996-12-15) Dedication program, pp.1-9, collection of Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield
(1996-12-15) Dedication program, pp.10-17, collection of Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

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