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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2625 (1961)

Myers Park Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
2501 Oxford Place
Charlotte, NC

Images

1993-09-24 - Sanctuary interior, gallery and facade (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1993-09-24 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1993-09-24 - Antiphonal Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1993-09-24 - Nave (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1993-09-24 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
52 stops
72 registers
7 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 coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2011-01-13 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Many additions and tonal changes by Casavant over the years; new four-manual console and two celeste stops added by Casavant in 2008; now 4/80. -Database Manager

2011-01-19 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The two-manual console from 1970 Op. 3074 at Fairlawn Community Church, Akron, Ohio, was purchased in 1975 to control the Antiphonal divisions of Op. 2625. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Charlotte, North Carolina
       Myers Park Presbyterian Church

       Casavant   Op. 2625   1961   3/65

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

       GREAT                              CHOIR
   16' Quintaton            61         8' Cor de Nuit          61
    8' Principal            61         8' Dulciana             61
    8' Bourdon              61         8' Unda Maris           49 tc
    4' Octave               61         4' Nachthorn            61
    4' Rohrflöte            61     2 2/3' Nazard               61
2 2/3' Twelfth              61         2' Blockflöte           61
    2' Fifteenth            61     1 3/5' Tierce               61
    V  Fourniture          305       III  Cymbal              183
       Sub                             8' Krummhorn            61
       Unison Off                         Tremulant
       Super                              Sub
    8' Trompette Harmonique CH            Unison Off
    4' Clairon              CH            Super
                                       8' Trompette Harmonique 61
       SWELL                           4' Clairon              12
   16' Lieblich Gedeckt     68
    8' Geigen Principal     68            PEDAL
    8' Hohlflöte            68        32' Contra Bourdon       32
    8' Viole de Gambe       68        16' Contrabasse          32
    8' Voix Céleste         61 GG     16' Bourdon              12
    8' Spitzflöte           68        16' Violone              32   
    8' Spitzflöte Celeste   61 GG     16' Quintaton            GT
    4' Principal            68        16' Lieblich Gedeckt     SW
    4' Koppelflöte          68    10 2/3' Quint                SW
2 2/3' Nazard               61         8' Spitzprincipal       32
    2' Octavin              61         8' Quintaton            GT
  III  Plein Jeu           183         8' Still Gedeckt        SW
   16' Contra Fagotto       68         4' Choral Bass          32
    8' Trompette            68         4' Nachthorn            32
    8' Corno d'Amour        68         2' Super Octave         12
    4' Clairon              68         2' Nachthorn            12
       Tremulant                     III  Mixture              96
       Sub                            16' Bombarde             32
       Unison Off                     16' Contra Fagotto       SW
       Super                           8' Trompette            12
                                       4' Clairon              12
       ANTIPHONAL (*exposed)           4' Rohr Schalmei        CH
    8' Diapason Conique     61 *
    8' Singendgedeckt       61            ANTIPHONAL PEDAL
    8' Erzähler             61        16' Diapason Conique     12 AN
    8' Erzähler Celeste     49 tc     16' Erzähler             12 AN
    4' Principal            61 *       8' Diapason Conique     AN
    4' Gemshorn             61         8' Erzähler             AN
    4' Flauto Traverso      61         4' Gemshorn             AN
  III  Mixture             183 *
    8' Trompette            61
       Tremulant

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield  January 14, 2011]

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