First Presbyterian Church
5401 South Claiborne Avenue
New Orleans, LA
Images
2007-10-21 - Trumpette en Chamade (Photograph by George Cheatle/Database Manager)
2014-04-20 - Church exterior (Photograph by Carrie Fisher/Database Manager)
2003-11-27 - Church Exterior (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)
2003-11-27 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)
2003-11-27 - Chancel (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)
2003-11-27 - Pulpit (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)
2003-11-27 - Console (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)
2003-11-27 - Nave, Balcony, and Trompette en Chamade (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 3 manuals
- 23 stops
- 24 registers
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Stop Keys 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)
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1983 -Database Manager
2008-10-21 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Organ was originally installed in previous sanctuary on Lafayette Square built in 1916, moved to present building in 1939. Trompette en Chamade added on rear wall and console replaced at a later date. Organ survived Hurricane Katrina although the sanctuary had extensive water damage. -Database Manager
2014-06-06 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- This organ was built for the previous sanctuary on Lafayette Square. The sanctuary was badly damaged by a hurricane in 1915, but rebuilt and the organ repaired. The church moved to its present location in 1938, the organ and church furnishings were moved to the new building. (Source: http://fpcno.org/csfpc/history) -Database Manager
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