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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 553 (1914)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
Syracuse, NY

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


Images


1914-09-25 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Facades (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

1914-09-25 - Chancel, Pipe Facades, and Console (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

1914-09-25 - Console (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

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Notes

2004-10-30 - Contracted in 1912. In the late 1980's, when the congregation moved to a new building in the suburbs, the organ was put into circuitous storage. Later obtained by the Jacksonville (FL) Symphony Orchestra and rebuilt for Jacoby Hall. -Database Manager

2010-08-12 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Gallery Solo division added by Casavant (South Haven) in 1917 as Op. 47-SH; new console added in 1957 as Op. 2437; new Great upperwork added 1973, Pedal upperwork in 1974; in 1988, organ moved to various storage sites until purchased by the Jacksonville, Florida, Symphony in 1996; it was delivered to Michael Quimby in 1997 for rebuilding and restoration; opened during Gala Weekend March 16-18, 2001. -Database Manager


Stoplist

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

       Syracuse, New York
       First Baptist Church

       Casavant   Op. 553   1914   4/73

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

       GREAT                            SWELL
   16' Dbl Open Diapason   73 A     16' Bourdon           73
    8' 1st Open Diapason   73 A      8' Open Diapason     73
    8' 2nd Open Diapason   73 A      8' Clarabella        73
    8' Violin Diapason     61 G      8' Stopped Diapason  73
    8' Doppelflöte         73 A      8' Viola di Gamba    73
    8' Flute Harmonique    73 A      8' Voix Céleste      56
    8' Gemshorn            73 A      8' Dolcissimo        73
    4' Octave              61 G      4' Fugara            73
    4' Waldflöte           61 G      4' Flauto Traverso   73
    4' Principal           73 A      2' Piccolo           61
2 2/3' Twelfth             61 G     IV  Cornet           292
    2' Fifteenth           61 G     16' Bassoon           73
    V  Mixture            305 G      8' Cornopean         73
   16' Double Trumpet      73 A      8' Oboe              73
    8' Trumpet             73 A      8' Vox Humana        73
       Sub -   G stops                  Tremulant
       Super - A stops                  Sub
                                        Unison Off
       SOLO                             Super
    8' Stentorphone        73
    8' Tibia Plena         73           CHOIR
    8' Violoncello         73       16' Contra Gamba      73
    8' Rohrflöte           73        8' Open Diapason     73
    8' Viole d'Orchestre   73        8' Melodia           73
    8' Violes Célestes II 146        8' Lieblich Gedeckt  73
    4' Octave              73        8' Dulciana          73
    4' Harmonic Flute      73        4' Suabe Flute       73
    2' Harmonic Piccolo    61        4' Violina           73
    8' Tuba Mirabilis      73        2' Flageolet         61
    8' Cor Anglais         73       16' Contra Fagotto    73
    8' Orchestral Oboe     73        8' Clarinet          73
       Tremulant                        Tremulant
       Sub                              Sub
       Unison Off                       Unison Off
       Super                            Super
       Celestas
                                        PEDAL
       ECHO                         32' Bourdon           -- (resultant)
   16' Gedeckt             61       16' Open Diapason     32
    8' Zauberflöte         61       16' Bourdon           32
    8' Aeoline             61       16' Violone           32
    8' Voix Céleste        61       16' Gedeckt           SW
    4' Flauto Amabile      61       16' Echo Gedeckt      32
    2' Piccolo             61        8' Flute             12 (Open Diap)
    8' Musette             61        8' Bourdon           12
    8' Vox Humana          61        8' Violoncello       12
       Tremulant                     4' Super Octave      12 
       Sub                          32' Contra Posaune    -- (resultant)
       Super                        16' Trombone          32
       Cathedral Chimes              8' Trumpet           12
                                     4' Clarion           12

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield  August 12, 2010]

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