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Henry Bevington, & Sons (1862)

Christ Church [Cathedral] (Anglican)
930 Burdett Avenue
Victoria, BC, CA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


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2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Placed in the church's 1st bldg. by William Seeley in 1862. Church burned in 1869. Organ dragged outside, with some pipes damaged. Seeley replaced them with pipes of California redwood and placed organ in his hotel dining room. Sold in 1874 to St. Andrew's R. C. Cathedral. Moved to 2nd gallery in new bldg. in 1897. Moved to new Christ Church Cathedral as temporary organ during construction of a Walker organ. Sold in 1913 to St. Mark's Anglican, Saanich, BC. To Dallymore residence, Exquimalt, B. C. c. 1953. To west Gallery of Christ Church Cathedral in 1961. Dismantled. Restored and in use by 1996. -Database Manager

2016-01-10 - According to an article by Eugene Nye in *The Tracker,* Volume 10, Number 4, and Vol. 3, No. 4, the organ was built by Bevington and Sons of London and shipped around Cape Horn to Victoria. -Database Manager

2021-02-23 - Previously attributed to Alex Burnhardt. At the time of this installation, the church was known as a parish church; it was made a cathedral in 1865. -Paul R. Marchesano


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