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Lewtak Pipe Organ Builders, Inc. (2014)

Originally Casavant Frères Ltée. (Opus 2661, 1962)

Location:

First Presbyterian Church
1621 E. Garrison Blvd.
Gastonia, NC 28054 US
Organ ID: 74860

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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 Jeff Scofield on October 15, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • 58 ranks. 5 divisions. 3 manuals. 46 stops. 53 registers.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 5
  • Stops: 46
  • Registers: 53
  • 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 with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled 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 Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Jeff Scofield on October 15, 2023.
From the 1999 Casavant specs and from the console October 4, 2023: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jeff Scofield on October 15, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Church interior from balcony: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2023-10-04

Interior from floor level: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2023-10-04

Interior to rear and organ: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2023-10-04

Console: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2023-10-04

Left stopjamb: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2023-10-04

Right stopjamb: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 0004-10-04

Couplers: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2023-10-04

Lewtak nameplate: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2023-10-04

Casavant nameplate: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2023-10-04

Organ case and en-Chamade: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2023-10-04

Church exterior: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2023-10-04