Better Pipe Organ Database

Lively-Fulcher Organbuilders (2013)

St. Jane Frances de Chantal Roman Catholic Church
9601 Old Georgetown Road
Bethesda, MD

Images

2013 - Console (Photograph by Lively-Fulcher, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2013-12-01 - Great Pipework (Photograph by Russell Joseph Weismann/Database Manager)

2013-12-01 - Church Interior and Console (Photograph by Russell Joseph Weismann (ca. 2013)/Database Manager)

2013-12-01 - Organ Case (Photograph by Russell Joseph Weismann (ca. 2013)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
28 stops
37 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped 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

2014-03-24 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by John Igoe, using information found in<em>The Diapason</em>, March 2014. -- Diapason article includes stoplist and photographs -Database Manager

2017-01-08 - Updated by Russell Joseph Weismann, who has heard or played the organ. <br>Church was original Frohman building. Renovated and expanded in 2001. Organ sits in original choir loft. Other bids solicited by Casavant and Letourneau -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: Factory Specification Date not recorded

Bethesda, Maryland
St. Jane Frances de Chantal Roman Catholic Parish

Lively-Fulcher Organbuilders   2010        3 manuals, 28 stops, 37 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN (Manual I)              SWELL ORGAN (Manual II)
     16' Bourdon             49 a         8' Violin Diapason     61
      8' Open Diapason       61           8' Chimney Flute       61
      8' Stopped Flute       61           8' Viole de gambe      61
      8' Harmonic Flute      49           8' Voix céleste (GG)   56
      4' Principal           61           4' Principal           61
      4' Open Flute          61           4' Traverse Flute      61
      2' Fifteenth           61       2 2/3' Nazard              61
         Furniture IV       244           2' Harmonic Piccolo    61
      8' Trumpet             61       1 3/5' Tierce              61
      4' Clarion             61              Full Mixture III   183
           Great sub-octave              16' Bassoon             73
           Swell to Great                 8' Cornopean           61
           Solo to Great                  8' Hautboy (fr. 16')   --
           Tremulant                           Swell sub-octave
                                               Tremulant

         SOLO ORGAN (Manual III)             PEDAL ORGAN
         Cornet V (tg)      203          32' Resultant           --
     16' Bombarde            -- b        16' Open Wood           44
      8' Trompette           73          16' Subbass             44
      4' Clairon   (fr. Tpt) --           8' Principal           44
      8' Clarinet  (prepared-for)         8' Open Flute (fr. OW) --
                                          8' Bass Flute (fr. SB) --
                                          4' Fifteenth  (fr. Pr) --
                                         16' Trombone            44
                                         16' Bassoon (Sw.)       --
                                          8' Trumpet (fr. Tbn)   --
      a  1-12 from PED Subbass                 Great to Pedal
      b  1-12 from PED Trombone;               Swell to Pedal
           13-61 from SO Trompette             Solo to Pedal


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2016-02-22]

Documents

(2013-11-17) Dedication Program Recital program, photographs, performer biography (Russell Weismann), organ stoplist, calendar of events -Database Manager
(2010-09-17) Contract for new organ Cover letter from Mark Lively with summary philosophy and payment details; organ description, stoplist, drawings of console layout, facade drawing and rendering. -Database Manager
(2013-11-17) Dedication Mass Program Program/Pew bulletin for Mass, with music for chants and hymns, and texts of choral music -Database Manager