Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1438 (1931)

Summerfield Methodist Church [King St ME merged 1930s]
225 King Street
Port Chester, NY

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

Unknown - Organ Case and Covered Console (Photograph by Randell Franklyn Busby (2014)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
23 stops
21 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-08-18 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2014-11-24 - Church closed and sold to another congregation; organ offered for sale on ebay November 2014 by the new congregation, saying their worship style does not require a pipe organ. -Database Manager

2015-04-18 - Updated through online information from Anthony Meloni. -- This organ has been under my care for a number of years. It is currently being offered for sale. -Database Manager

2016-01-02 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. <br>According to a memorial plaque, the organ was acquired as a memorial to Wing Street Methodist Episcopal Church which merged with Summerfield Methodist Episcopal Church on December 22, 1930. The Casavant was installed the following year and dedicated September 27, 1931. It is still listed for sale on ebay as of Jan. 1, 2016, but the location is given as Stamford, CT., so it has likely been removed to storage. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

   Port Chester, New York
   Summerfield M. E. Church

   Casavant   Op. 1438   1931   3/21

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

   GREAT                       SWELL
8' Open Diapason     68    16' Bourdon           68
8' Hohl Flute        68     8' Open Diapason     68
8' Gemshorn          68     8' Stopped Diapason  68
4' Octave            68     8' Viola di Gamba    68
4' Dolce Flute       68     8' Voix Céleste      68
8' Trumpet           68     4' Flauto Traverso   68
   Sub                      8' Oboe              68
   Super                    8' Vox Humana        68
   Chimes            CH        Tremulant
   Harp              CH        Sub
                               Super
   CHOIR                       Chimes            CH
8' Geigen Principal  68        Harp              CH
8' Melodia           68
8' Dulciana          68        PEDAL
4' Lieblichflöte     68    16' Open Diapason     32
8' Clarinet          68    16' Bourdon           32
   Tremulant               16' Gedeckt           SW
   Sub                      8' Stopped Flute     12
   Super                       Chimes            CH
   Chimes (Deagan A) 25
   Harp              49

  [Received online from Jeff Scofield  August 19, 2010]