Fratelli Ruffatti
1974
Originally Fratelli Ruffatti (1974)
Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church
Sanctuary
5555 North Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, FL, US
117 Ranks
Instrument ID: 23117 ● Builder ID: 7052 ● Location ID: 20732
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Movable Console
Design: Traditional Without Cover
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
5 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal5 Divisions87 StopsElectrical 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
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
The 2,300-seat sanctuary has a 303-foot tower and was completed in 1973.
Database Manager on May 24th, 2019:
Updated by Matt Gerhard, listing this web site as a source of information: https://www.crpc.org/ruffatti.
Database Manager on June 2nd, 2018:
Updated by Matt Gerhard, who gave this as the source of the information: YouTube and website.
The church has reinstated a traditional worship service with choir. The organ is used weekly in that service as well as for concerts and other special events. In 1989 the original Ruffatti console was replaced by a custom Rodgers console.
Database Manager on August 28th, 2016:
Updated through online information from Matt Gerhard.
The organ is not used to the extent that it was during the Kennedy/Bish years, but it is used regularly. Chelsea Chen has been Artist in Residence for a few years, and plays twice a month; a local organist plays the other Sundays. It has been featured in concerts, and Chelsea Chen recently released a new recording on it.
Database Manager on October 4th, 2014:
Updated through online information from David Walbroehl. -- The organ is unused during service. It sits quiet with a band playing in front of it every Sunday. I did confirm that Diane Bish still records Joy of Music Episodes and uses the organ for the program and recordings.
Database Manager on January 11th, 2010:
Updated through online information from Eliot Scarpetti.
Database Manager on July 15th, 2009:
Updated through online information from Eliot Scarpetti.
Database Manager on March 19th, 2006:
Identified through online information from Scott Crowell. -- Three new all-digital divisions and new digital stops for existing divisions were added by the Walker Technical Company in 2004.
Webpage Links: Coral Ridge Ruffatti Organ
Related Instrument Entries: Fratelli Ruffatti (1974)
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