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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1164 (1926)

Covenant United Methodist Church: Sanctuary
110 N. Mulberry Street
Lancaster, PA

Images

2019-10-17 - Chancel and facade pipes (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2019-10-17 - Sanctuary interior from floor (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Unknown - Chancel and facade pipes (Unknown/Database Manager)

2019-10-17 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2019-10-17 - Left Stopjamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2019-10-17 - Right Stopjamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2019-10-17 - Coupler rail (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2019-10-17 - Console side view (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2019-10-17 - Builder name plate (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2003-02-14 - Chancel and Pipe Facade (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2003-02-14 - Console (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2003-02-14 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
41 stops
35 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
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

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1984. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Mechanically renovated 1988 by Larry Pruett. -Database Manager

2005-07-06 - Ventil chests and winding system restored by Columbia Organ Works, Inc. 1986-1990. Reeds refurbished. Installed top octave of Swell Cornet III which had not been installed in the original installation; pipes were found wrapped in brown paper under the chest during restoratoion. -Database Manager

2010-10-18 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- The Choir division is located in the gallery; the Solo and Solo Pedal are enclosed within the Choir for double expression; in 1950 the Great was enclosed by Wilfred Lavallée, but the shades were later removed; Columbia Organ Works added 3 stops (upperwork) to the Great and Swell and rebuilt the console ca. 2004. -Database Manager

2015-08-10 - Updated through online information from harold ulmer. -- The organ at Covenant UMC is currently maintained by SDG Pipe Organs, Millersville, PA. Significant work has been done to remedy problems associated with failing leather especially in the high pressure division. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Lancaster, Pennsylvania
    Covenant Methodist Church

    Casavant   Op. 1164  1926   3/37

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

    GREAT                       SWELL
 8' Open Diapason     73    16' Bourdon          73
 8' Hohlflöte         73     8' Open Diapason    73
 8' Gemshorn          73     8' Gedeckt          73
 4' Octave            73     8' Viola da Gamba   73
 4' Harmonic Flute    73     8' Voix Céleste     73
 8' Tromba            73     8' Aeoline          73
    Sub                      4' Flauto Traverso  73
    Unison Off               4' Violina          73
    Super                    2' Flautino         61
    Chimes            SO   III  Solo Cornet     219
                             8' Oboe Horn        73
    SOLO (encl in Choir)     8' Vox Humana       73
 8' Stentorphone      73        Tremulant
 8' Grossflöte        73        Sub
 8' Gross Gamba       73        Unison Off
 4' Orchestral Flute  73        Super
 8' Tuba              73        Chimes           SO
 8' French Horn       73
    Chimes (Deagan A)[pf]       CHOIR
                             8' Violin Diapason  73
    SOLO PEDAL               8' Melodia          73
16' Sub Bass          32     8' Dulciana         73
 8' Violoncello       SO     8' Unda Maris       61 tc
                             4' Rohrflöte        73
    PEDAL                2 2/3' Nazard           73
32' Resultant         --     2' Flageolet        61
16' Open Diapason     32     8' Clarinet         73
16' Bourdon           32        Tremulant
16' Gedeckt           SW        Sub
 8' Octave            12        Unison Off
 8' Stopped Flute     12        Super
16' Trombone          12 GT     Chimes           SO
    Chimes            SO

[Received online from Jeff Scofield  October 19, 2010]

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