Pipe Organ Database | Fratelli Ruffatti (1974) Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church

Fratelli Ruffatti (1974)

Originally Fratelli Ruffatti (1974)

Location:

Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church
5555 North Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 US
Sanctuary
Organ ID: 23145

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Status and Condition:

This instrument's location type is: Presbyterian Churches
The organ is unaltered from its original state.
The organ's condition is good, in regular use.

We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 24, 2019.

Technical Details:

Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
117 ranks. 5 divisions. 5 manuals. 87 stops.

Divisions

All:

Position: Pipes exposed (in whole or in part) at the front of the room.

We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 24, 2019.

Consoles

Main:

Manuals: 5
Divisions: 5
Stops: 87
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 vertical rows on angled jambs.
Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
Has Crescendo Pedal
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

We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 24, 2019.

Notes

Jeff Scofield on August 24, 2021:

The 2,300-seat sanctuary has a 303-foot tower and was completed in 1973.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jeff Scofield on August 24, 2021.

Database Manager on May 24, 2019:

Updated by Matt Gerhard, listing  this web site as a source of information: https://www.crpc.org/ruffatti.  
 

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on May 25, 2019.

Database Manager on June 02, 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.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on December 18, 2018.

Database Manager on August 28, 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.