Casavant Frères Ltée.
Opus 2201, 1953
First Presbyterian Church
Sanctuary
209 Union Street
Schenectady, NY, US
39 Ranks - 2,599 Pipes
Instrument ID: 46501 ● Builder ID: 1116 ● Location ID: 17112
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IMAGES
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STOPLISTS
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| GREAT (II - Expressive)🛈 | ||
| 8' | Open Diapason | 73 |
| 8' | Hohlflöte | 73 |
| 8' | Gemshorn | 73 |
| 4' | Octave | 73 |
| 4' | Rohrflöte | 73 |
| 2 2⁄3' | Octave Quint | 61 |
| 2' | Fifteenth | 61 |
| 16' | GREAT to GREAT | |
| 4' | GREAT to GREAT |
| SWELL (III - Expressive)🛈 | ||
| 8' | Geigen Principal | 73 |
| 8' | Gedeckt | 73 |
| 8' | Viola da Gamba | 73 |
| 8' | Gamba Celeste🛈 | 61 |
| 8' | Aeoline | 73 |
| 4' | Flute Triangulaire | 73 |
| 2 2⁄3' | Nazard | 61 |
| 2' | Piccolo | 61 |
| 1 3⁄5' | Tierce | 61 |
| 8' | Cornopean | 73 |
| 8' | Oboe | 73 |
| Tremulant | ||
| Chimes | ||
| 16' | SWELL to SWELL | |
| 4' | SWELL to SWELL |
| CHOIR (I - Expressive)🛈 | ||
| 8' | Rohrflöte | 73 |
| 8' | Dulciana | 73 |
| 8' | Unda Maris🛈 | 61 |
| 4' | Koppelflöte | 73 |
| 2 2⁄3' | Rohrnazard | 61 |
| 2' | Blockflöte | 61 |
| 8' | Clarinet | 73 |
| 16' | CHOIR to CHOIR | |
| 4' | CHOIR to CHOIR |
| ANTIPHONAL (IV)🛈 | ||
| 8' | Diapason | 73 |
| 8' | Viola | 73 |
| 8' | Spitzflöte | 73 |
| 8' | Spitzflöte Celeste🛈 | 61 |
| 4' | Principal | 73 |
| 4' | Flute d'Amour | 73 |
| II | Rauschquint | 122 |
| 8' | Trompette No. 1 | 73 |
| 4' | Oboe Clarion | 73 |
| Tremulant | ||
| 16' | Pedal Bourdon | 32 |
| 16' | ANTIPHONAL to ANTIPHONAL | |
| 4' | ANTIPHONAL to ANTIPHONAL |
| PEDAL (Expressive)🛈 | ||
| 16' | Contra Bass🛈 | 32 |
| 16' | Bourdon | 32 |
| 16' | Rohrgedeckt | 12 SW |
| 10 2⁄3' | Quint | SW |
| 8' | Cello | 12 Contra Bass |
| 8' | Stopped Flute | 12 Bourdon |
| 4' | Choral Bass | 12 Contra Bass |
| 16' | Trombone | 32 |
| 8' | Trumpet | 12 Trombone |
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Builder: Casavant Frères Ltée.
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal5 Divisions39 Stops45 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
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Paul R. Marchesano on August 30th, 2024:
I was privileged to serve there as Senior Pastor some years ago, played numerous concerts on the instrument, recorded a CD on it, and oversaw several significant pipe additions and tonal revisions to it. It's a delightful instrument in an absolutely gorgeous historic (1809) church building. The congregation dates to 1760. Elinore Farnum has been the organist there for almost 60 years! And she still plays every Sunday and performs an annual benefit concert each June to raise funds to help pay for children to attend summer Christian camp. -- email from Lawrence Roff 2024-08-30
I was privileged to serve there as Senior Pastor some years ago, played numerous concerts on the instrument, recorded a CD on it, and oversaw several significant pipe additions and tonal revisions to it. It's a delightful instrument in an absolutely gorgeous historic (1809) church building. The congregation dates to 1760. Elinore Farnum has been the organist there for almost 60 years! And she still plays every Sunday and performs an annual benefit concert each June to raise funds to help pay for children to attend summer Christian camp. -- email from Lawrence Roff 2024-08-30
Database Manager on January 6th, 2016:
73-note English Horn added to Choir in 2015.
Database Manager on January 13th, 2012:
Updated through online information from Lawrence C Roff. -- Swell 8' Aeoline has been revoiced and rescaled; it is now a 4' Principal
Database Manager on January 13th, 2012:
Updated through online information from Lawrence C Roff. -- Great: Addition of 16' Rohrbourdon (61 pipes); Swell: 8' Aeoline revoiced and rescaled to become 4' Principal (73 Pipes); Pedal: Addition of 32' Resultant (from Pedal Bourdon)
Database Manager on August 24th, 2010:
Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Pedal enclosed with Great; Swell Trompette replaced by Casavant in 1970; IV Mixture added to Great by Casavant in 1975.
Database Manager on March 8th, 2010:
Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture.
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