Casavant Frères Ltée.
Opus 1126, 1926
Calvary Presbyterian Church
1508 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA, US
76 Ranks - 5,225 Pipes
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
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 Pedal8 Divisions61 Stops67 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe 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
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
The church building was located at 1508-14 Locust Street. Calvary merged with First Presbyterian in 1929, using the Calvary building, then in 1949 merged with Second Presbyterian and moved to the Second Presbyterian Church building, at which time the organ was relocated to Ste-Madeleine-Sophie-Barat in Montréal.
Database Manager on July 25th, 2015:
Updated through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. The cost was $35,550.00.
Database Manager on October 21st, 2010:
Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- The organ was located to each side of the large gallery window; the Echo was placed in a chamber at the East end (front) of the church; the opening had a grille facing the nave.
Database Manager on October 18th, 2010:
Identified through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- The specification contains six full pages of very specific instructions by the consultant, T. J. Palmer of Ottawa, Ontario; the congregation merged with First Presbyterian in 1929, using the Calvary building and the First Presbyterian name; merged with Second Presbyterian in 1949 and moved to the Second Church building, still retaining the First Presbyterian name; the Casavant was relocated in 1949 without the Echo divisions to the newly-completed Église St-Madeleine-Sophie-Barat, Montréal, Québec, which was constructed in 1948 and closed in 2002; it is now the Cathedral of St. Maron, of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy.
Related Instrument Entries: Casavant Frères Ltée. (Opus 1126-B, 1949)
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