Pipe Organ Database

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Casavant Frères Ltée. (Opus 3249, 1975)

Location:

First Baptist Church
425 E University Ave
Gainesville, FL 32601 US
sanctuary/auditorium
Organ ID: 24142

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Baptist Churches
  • The organ has been relocated.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Electro-pneumatic (EP)
  • 44 ranks. 2,440 pipes. 3 divisions. 3 manuals. 32 stops. 36 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
  • 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 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 32
  • Registers: 36
  • Position: Console in fixed position, center.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Tubular-pneumatic connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • 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 Hitchdown Couplers
  • Has a Piston Sequencer
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on January 25, 2012:

Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Church moved to a new campus in 2010, organ was relocated and altered by Temple Organ company of St Joseph, Missouri.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 06, 2006:

Identified through on-line information from Bruce Cornely.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives and Bruce Cornely: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jeff Scofield on June 04, 2023.
  • Pipe Organs - Photographs, stoplist, description of Casavant Op. 3249 (1975)

Instrument Images:

Chancel and Facade: Photograph by Dan Darmanin.