Casavant Frères Ltée.
Opus 2500, 1958
Arch Street Methodist Church
55 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA, US
36 Ranks - 2,190 Pipes
Instrument ID: 19513 ● Builder ID: 1116 ● Location ID: 17666
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STOPLISTS
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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:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions29 Stops32 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination 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: Extant and Playable in this location
Updated through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. The tonal director was Lawrence Phelps. The cost was $12,345.
Database Manager on September 2nd, 2008:
Updated through online information from Paul Marchesano.
Database Manager on May 26th, 2007:
Updated through online information from Stanley R. Scheer. -- The contract for Op. 2500 was signed with Burness & Associates for a new console and eleven new stops (eighteen ranks) to be added to the church's existing organ.
Database Manager on October 12th, 2005:
4 divisional pistons for each division; 4 general pistons; General Cancel; Adjuster
Database Manager on October 12th, 2005:
Organ specification given in a recital program dated April 23, 1959, played by E. Power Biggs. The organ is described as being dedicated on January 25, 1959. Specifications list: "The present organ results from the rebuilding of the major part of our old organ with the installation of many new features and a new console by Casavant Freres, Ltee., under the direction of Mr. Frederick A. Burness." Program states that beginning in the late spring of 1958 the rebuilding commenced and was completed early 1959. Program states the organ contains one or two stops from the original J.C.B. Standbridge.
Related Instrument Entries: J. W. Steere & Sons (1916) , John C. B. Standbridge (1871)
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