Casavant Frères Ltée.
Opus 2292, 1955
Second Baptist Church
Sanctuary
6400 Woodway Drive
Houston, TX, US
53 Ranks - 3,209 Pipes
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal5 Divisions48 Stops58 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionCrescendoCombination 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: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: ExtantandPlayable in this location
Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The congregation moved to a suburban location ca. 1961 and the organ was moved by George Babb. Huge new Worship Center completed c.1987 with 5/187 Rodgers pipe organ, and the Casavant remained in what is now called the Old Sanctuary; the congregation of over 60,000 is the largest Baptist church in the world.
Related Instrument Entries: George E. Babb (1968)
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