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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3940 (2020)

First Congregational Church
650 Main St.
Chatham, MA

Images

November 2020 - Console (Photograph by Joseph Marchio, courtesy of Casavant Frères, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

November 2020 - Chancel, console and organ (Photograph by Joseph Marchio, courtesy of Casavant Frères, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

November 2020 - Church interior, console and façade pipes (Photograph by Joseph Marchio, courtesy of Casavant Frères, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

November 2020 - Console and pipe façade (Photograph by Joseph Marchio, courtesy of Casavant Frères, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
22 stops
39 registers
3 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Syndyne MS8400
Has sequencer
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2020-12-11 - Renovation of 1972 2/21 Casavant Op. 3162, which received a new console by another builder in 2007 and is retained and rebuilt for Op. 3940. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of Casavant Frères

        Chatham, Massachusetts
        First Congregational Church of Chatham

        Casavant   Op. 3940   2020   3/26
        ____________________________________________
        
        Stops without pipecounts are prepared-for

        GREAT                       CHOIR

    16' Bourdon         SW       8' Cor de Nuit
     8' Principal       61       8' Flute Celeste
     8' Chimney Flute   61       4' Fugara
     8' Harmonic Flute  49 a     4' Spire Flute
     4' Octave          61       2' Octave
     4' Chimney Flute   12   1 1/3' Larigot        
     2' Super Octave    61       8' Clarinet
II-III  Mixture 1 1/3' 156          Tremulant
        Unison Off                  Sub
     8' Herald Trumpet  CH          Unison Off
     4' Herald Clarion  CH b        Super
                                 8' Herald Trumpet 61
        SWELL
                                    PEDAL
    16' Bourdon         12
     8' Diapason        61      32' Bourdon       res
     8' Bourdon         61      16' Subbass        32
     8' Viole de Gambe  61      16' Bourdon        SW
     8' Voix Céleste    49       8' Octavebass     32 d
     4' Principal       61       8' Chimney Flute  GT
     4' Flute           61       8' Bourdon        SW
 2 2/3' Nasard          49       4' Octave         12
     2' Piccolo         61       4' Flute          GT
 1 3/5' Tierce          49      16' Posaune     CH 12 e
   III  Mixture   1'   183      16' Bassoon        SW
    16' Bassoon         61 c     8' Herald Trumpet CH
     8' Trompette       61       8' Trumpet        SW
     8' Oboe            61       4' Clarion        SW
        Tremulant                4' Bassoon        SW
        Sub
        Unison Off
        Super                       Zimbelstern

     a  1-12 from Chimney Flute
     b  top octave repeats
     c  1-12 half-length
     d  bass in façade
     e  full-length or Haskell-type pipes

        [Received from Jeff Scofield December 11, 2020]

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#45878 - Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 3162 (1972)