Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Opus 3028A (1998)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
224 Barnwell Ave. NW
Aiken, SC

Images

2011-06-21 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2011-06-21 - Nave, Gallery, and Pipe Displays (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2011-06-21 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2011-06-21 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
24 stops
25 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
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

2011-01-25 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- As part of the console renovation, Casavant prepared the console for Walker digital stops tnat were contracted-for separately by the church; this included a floating Solo division. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Aiken, South Carolina
       First Presbyterian Church

       Casavant   Op. 3028   1969/1998   2/33

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

       GREAT                         SOLO (digital, floating)
   16' Lieblich Gedackt  61       8' Viola
    8' Open Diapason     61       8' Voix Celeste
    8' Chimney Flute     61       8' Flûte Harmonique
    4' Octave            61       8' Festival Trumpet
    4' Spire Flute       61       8' French Horn
    2' Fifteenth         61       8' Corno di Bassetto
   IV  Mixture          244       8' Cor Anglais
    8' Trumpet           dg          Tremulant
       Cymbelstern                   Chimes
       MIDI                          Harp

       SWELL                         PEDAL
   16' Geigen Principal  dg      32' Contra Bourdon    dg
    8' Diapason          dg      16' Principal         dg
    8' Stopped Diapason  61      16' Bourdon           32
    8' Gemshorn          61      16' Geigen Principal  SW
    8' Gemshorn Celeste  56      16' Lieblich Gedackt  GT
    4' Octave            61       8' Octave            32
    4' Spindle Flute     61       8' Stopped Flute     32
2 2/3' Nazard            61       4' Choralbass        32
    2' Recorder          61     III  Mixture           96
1 3/5' Tierce            61      32' Posaune           dg
 II-V  Plein Jeu        208 a    16' Trombone          dg
   16' Fagotto           dg      16' Basson            32 c
    8' Trumpet           61 b     8' Trumpet           GT
    8' Hautboy           dg       4' Schalmey          32
       Tremulant                     MIDI
       Unison Off
       MIDI

a  61 new pipes plus existing Scharf IV revised on new sill
b  existing stop revoiced with new tongues
c  revoiced with new tongues and equipped with caps

  [Received online from Jeff Scofield  January 31, 2011]

Documents

(1999-02-28) Dedication program, collection of Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#45827 - Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3028 (1969)