Rudolf von Beckerath
1974
First Presbyterian Church
Sanctuary
4815 Franklin Road
Nashville, TN, US
74 Ranks - 3,665 Pipes
Instrument ID: 71 ● Builder ID: 1648 ● Location ID: 68
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (58 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions49 Stops50 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
John Lucianno on February 13th, 2023:
The Von Beckerath is in the same room (sanctuary) as the Casavant was. The Casavant Antiphonal division was installed in a small chapel in another building on campus.
The Von Beckerath is in the same room (sanctuary) as the Casavant was. The Casavant Antiphonal division was installed in a small chapel in another building on campus.
Database Manager on April 18th, 2015:
Updated through online information from James R . Stettner. -- According to the church's "Ministries-->Music Ministry--> Sanctuary Organ" web page, "Work in 2002 added an electric assist to the mechanical action, as well as solid-state combination memory levels."
Database Manager on October 10th, 2011:
Updated through online information from William Dunklin.
Database Manager on July 13th, 2008:
Updated through online information from Michael Valentine. -- The Casavant organ was purchased by Crievewood Baptist Church and installed in their Sanctuary.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1996
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
In rear gallery. 6 gen., 5 div. combinations. [A Casavant removed from front chambers when this was installed.] [In same building as Casavant was? One reference is to a new building. Or was the Casavant moved to a new building, then replaced?]
Webpage Links: First presbyterian Church of Nashville, TN [Organ page]
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