THE CHURCHES OF VIRGINIA
Photography by John G. DeMajo

 

WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
4103 Monument Avenue
Richmond, VA.

 

 
ORGAN HISTORY AS RESEARCHED BY DONALD TRASER

Westminster Presbyterian Church
2501 Park Avenue

Austin organ, 1913, Opus 449, 2m/9r

GREAT

8     Open Diapason
8      concert Flute
8      Dulciana

SWELL

8     Horn Diapason
8     Rohr Flote
8      Salicional
8     Oboe Gamba
4      Harmonic Flute
Tremulant (whole organ)

PEDAL

16      Bourdon
16      Lieblich Gedeckt (from Swell)

Old photos show the organ in a chamber in a gallery above the pulpit.  It was relocated to the rear gallery at an unknown date and there located in a single chamber at the left (facing the gallery).  Site visit by DT when building was owned by Saint Anthony's.

 

New church at 4103 Monument Avenue

Casavant, 1965, Opus 2837, 3m/41r
Additions* 1999, 3m/48r

GREAT

16      Geigen*
8      Principal
8      Geigen*
8     Bordun
4     Octav
4     Koppel Flote
2     Super Octave
IV      Mixture
III      Cymnbel*
8      Trumpet*
Chimes

SWELL

8     Viola
8     Viola Celeste


8      Dulciana*
8     Unda Maris*
4     Spitz Geigen
2     Wald Flote
IV    Scharf
16    Fagott
8      Trompette
Tremulant

POSITIV

16    Geigen (Great)
8     Geigen (Great)
8      Dulciana (Swell)
8     Unda Maris (Swell)
8      Gedeckt
4      Principal
2      Gemshorn
1 1/3 Quint Flote
II      Sesquialtera
III   Zimbel
8      Krummhorn
8      Trumpet (Great)

PEDAL

32      Undersatz*
32      Resultant*
16      Principal
16    Geigen (Great)
16      Soubass
8     Octave
8     Geigen (Great)
8     Pommer
4     Super Octave
IV      Mixture
16      Posaune
8      Trumpet (Great)
4      Schalmei
Chimes (Great)

COUPLERS
Great to Pedal; Swell to Pedal 8 & 4*; Positiv to Pedal; Swell to Swell 16* & 4*, Unison off*

The organ is in a free-standing case in the rear gallery with the Positiv division suspended on the gallery rail.  The E.M. Skinner-style console was added with the 1999 revisions.

Site visit by DT and rededication program November 21, 1999