Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1317 (1929)

Temple Beth Emeth
Lancaster and S. Swan Streets
Albany, NY

Images

1929-11-01 - Temple Interior and Chamber Grillework (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
57 stops
47 registers
6 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-08-14 - Identified through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- The congregation moved to a suburban location in 1957 and the building was sold to Wilborn Temple; it is not known if the organ went along. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Albany, New York
    Temple Beth Emeth
   
    Casavant   Op. 1317   1929   4/55

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

    GREAT                            CHOIR
16' Diapason           61        16' Contra Gamba      73
 8' First Diapason     61         8' Open Diapason     73  
 8' Second Diapason    61         8' Melodia           73
 8' Hohlflöte          61         8' Dolce             73
 8' Gemshorn           61         8' Unda Maris        73
 4' Octave             61         4' Flûte d'Amour     73
 4' Flûte harmonique   61     2 2/3' Nazard            73
 2' Fifteenth          61         2' Piccolo           61
IV  Mixtrue           244         8' Clarinet          73
 8' Tromba   (12")     61            Tremulant 
 4' Clarion  (12")     61            Harp              61
    Super                            Celesta
    Chimes             EC
                                     SOLO
    SWELL                         8' Gross Flute       73
16' Bourdon            73         8' Gamba             73
 8' Open Diapason      73         8' Gambe céleste     73
 8' Rohrflöte          73         8' Tuba Mirabilis    73 (15")
 8' Salicional         73         8' French Horn       73 (15")
 8' Voix Céleste       73         8' English Horn      73 (15")
 8' Æoline             73            Tremulant
 4' Octave             73            Sub
 4' Flûte Triangulaire 73            Unison Off
 V  Mixture           365            Super
16' Double Trumpet     73
 8' Cornopean          73            PEDAL
 8' Oboe               73        32' Dbl Open Diapason 12 (Quints)
 8' Vox Humana         73        16' Open Diapason     32 (wood)
 4' Clarion            73        16' Open Diapason     GT (metal)
    Tremulant                    16' Bourdon           32
    Sub                          16' Gamba             CH
    Super                        16' Echo Bourdon      SW
                                  8' Octave            12
    ECHO AND ANTIPHONAL           8' Gedeckt           12
 8' Cor-de-Nuit        73         4' Super Octave      12
 8' Violes Céleste II 146        32' Contra Trombone   32
 8' Vox Humana         73        16' Trombone          12
 8' Shofar             73         8' Tromba            12
    Tremulant                     4' Clarion           12
    Chimes (Deagan A)  25            Chimes            EC

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield  August 15, 2010]