Meet our Organ

Casavant Frères Pipe Organ (Opus 3898) was designed and constructed for the First Presbyterian Church of Kirkwood, MO. Installation began on October 1, 2013 and was completed in early December. The organ made its public debut at the 2013 Christmas Eve worship services. The congregation dedicated the Casavant organ on May 4, 2014. The Dedicatory Recital was played by organ virtuoso Vincent Dubois of France.

The organ is French symphonic in tonal design. Stop selection and voicing was inspired by the great French Cavaillé-Coll organs of the late 19th century and brought to life by Jacquelin Rochette, Casavant’s tonal director.

The organ has 61 stops and 76 ranks of pipes, controlled by a movable three manual and pedal draw knob console. The main organ is located in 2 large chambers flanking the chancel in the front of the sanctuary. The Antiphonal organ, crowned by the copper Trompette en chamade, is located on the rear wall of the sanctuary. Opus 3898 uses Electric-slider action.

Grand Orgue		Récit		Positif Expressif
Montre	16	Bourdon	16	Principal	8
Montre	8	Diapason	8	Céleste	8
Violoncelle	8	Bourdon	8	Cor de Nuit	8
Flûte Harmonique	8	Viole de Gambe	8	Voix Éolienne	8
Bourdon	8	Voix Céleste	8	Fugara	4
Prestant	4	Principal	4	Flûte Douce	4
Flûte Ouverte	4	Flûte Octaviante	4	Nasard	2 ⅔
Quinte	2 ⅔	Octavin	2	Flageolet	2
Doublette	2	Plein Jeu Harmonique II-V	2	Tierce	1 ⅗
Cornet III	2 ⅔	Basson	16	Larigot	1 ⅓
Fourniture IV-V	1 ⅓	Trompette Harmonique	8	Septième	1 1/7
Cymbale III	½	Basson-Hautbois	8	Piccolo	1
Trompette	8	Voix Humaine	8	Plein Jeu III	1
Grand Orgue Muet		Clarion Harmonique	4	Cor Anglais	16
Tuba Mirabilis (Positif)	8	Tremolo		Trompette	8
Trompette en Chamade (Ant.)	8	Récit Grave, Muet, Aigu		Clarinette	8
Chimes		Tuba Mirabilis (Positif)	8	Temolo
				Positif Grave, Muet, Aigu
				Tuba Magna	16
				Tuba Mirabilis	8
				Tuba Clarion	4

Pédale		Antiphonal
Montre	32	Violonbasse	16
Soubasse	32	Montre	8
Contrebasse	16	Violon	8
Montre I	16	Bourdon	8
Montre II (Grand Orgue)	16	Prestant	4
Soubasse	16	Flûte Conique	4
Bourdon (Récit)	16	Doublette	2
Violonbasse (Ant.)	16	Fourniture II	1 ⅓
Quinte	10 ⅔	Trompette en Chamade	8
Octavebasse	8	Antiphonal Grave, Aigu
Bourdon	8
Bourdon Doux (Récit)	8
Octave	4
Flûte	4
Théorbe	6 ⅖
Contre Bombarde	32
Bombarde	16
Basson (Récit)	16
Trompette	8
Tuba Mirabilis (Pos.)	8
Trompette en Chamade (Ant.)	8
Clarion	4
Tuba (Pos.)	4

Each year on the 4th of May, we re-dedicate the organ in celebration of the gifts and support from our generous community who made this incredible instrument possible. Celebrated organists from around the world have come to play concerts of the most stunning repertoire ever written for this instrument, and we could not be more grateful to have it in our very own Sanctuary to enjoy each week.

Organists of the Annual Dedication Recitals