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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1083 (1925)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
125 N. Meeting Street
Statesville, NC

Images

2014-11-11 - 1971 Austin console (Photograph by Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2016-10-25 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1925-10-28 - Pipe Facade and Console (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
32 stops
29 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 tutti thumb pistons

Notes

2010-12-23 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2013-03-09 - Updated through online information from David Ritch. -- Recent photographs indicate that the organ is no longer present. -Database Manager

2016-04-14 - Updated through online information from Joby Bell. <br>Oldest Casavant in North Carolina. Organ in continuous use since installation. Austin console added ca. 1971. Façade removed and wooden grillwork installed ca. 2000 during building renovation and chancel enlargement.<br><br>As of April 2016, Casavant-Frères has removed the organ for rebuilding and enlarging. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Statesville, North Carolina
    First Presbyterian Church

    Casavant   Op. 1083   1925   3/31

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

    GREAT                       SWELL
 8' Open Diapason     73    16' Bourdon          73
 8' Hohl Flute        73     8' Open Diapason    73
 8' Gemshorn          73     8' Stopped Diapason 73
 4' Octave            73     8' Viola da Gamba   73
 4' Harmonic Flute    73     8' Voix Celeste     61
 2' Super Octave      61     8' Aeoline          73
 8' Trumpet           73     4' Flauto Traverso  73
    Super                    4' Violina          73
                             2' Flautino         61
    CHOIR                  III  Cornet (dolce)  219
 8' Violin Diapason   73     8' Cornopean        73
 8' Concert Flute     73     8' Oboe             73
 8' Viole d'Orchestre 73     8' Vox Humana       73
 8' Viole Celeste     73        Tremulant
 8' Dulciana          73        Sub
 4' Flute d'Amour     73        Super
 8' Clarinet          73
    Tremulant                   PEDAL
    Sub                     16' Open Diapason    32 w
    Super                   16' Bourdon          32
                            16' Gedeckt          SW
                             8' Octave           12
                             8' Flute            12

[Received online from Jeff Scofield December 25, 2010]

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