Pipe Organ Database

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Casavant Frères (Opus 3827, 2004)

Location:

First Baptist Church
339 Second Avenue, NW
Hickory, NC 28601 US
Sanctuary
Organ ID: 18060

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Baptist Churches
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Steven mowery on April 03, 2021.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Electro-pneumatic (EP)
  • 109 ranks. 6,347 pipes. 7 divisions. 4 manuals. 81 stops. 115 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
  • Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. Facade pipes or case front visible.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 4
  • Divisions: 7
  • Stops: 81
  • Registers: 115
  • Position: Movable console.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style without cover.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
  • Combination Action: Computerized/Digital system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has a Piston Sequencer
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on January 03, 2011:

Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on November 15, 2006:

Updated through on-line information from Stan Scheer. -- In the list above, "Registers" refers to the total number of speaking stops including duplexed and extended stops but excluding couplers, tremulants and controls. "Stops" refers to the total number of independent or straight stops excluding duplexed and extended stops as well as couplers and controls.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on May 12, 2005:

Wind pressures range from 80 mm to 350 mm (Tuba mirabilis).

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Console: Photograph from the dedication program. Taken on 2004-08-20

Church interior, console in concert position: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2004-10-17

Console: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2004-10-17

Console: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2023-10-02

Left stopjamb: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2023-10-02

Right stopjamb: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2023-10-02

Church Exterior: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2023-10-02

Church interior: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2023-10-02

Church interior: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2023-10-02

Console and façade pipes: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2023-10-02

Builder nameplate: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2023-10-02

Rear of church, Antiphonal and en-Chamade: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2023-10-02