2007-02-17 - Updated through on-line information from Douglas Adams. -- Bought from St-Mathias parish, Arvida QC in 1978. Main alteration: new casework to suit auditorium, with vertical separation of chests and keydesk increased by about 8 feet. Hall seats 1233, church seated 350. Narrow-scale pipework of thin material on a 0.75 hp blower. Organo pleno is easily masked by other instruments or singers. Organ major program discontinued by UVic School of Music in 2002, so organ now mainly used for convocation processionals. -Database Manager
2007-02-19 - Updated through on-line information from Douglas Adams. -Database Manager
2023-03-01 - Motor oiled in 2019, otherwise no tuning or other maintenance since 2017. Access very limited; not regularly played. -Neil Cardew-Fanning, MMus (UVic)
Source: Taken from console in 2022 & 1981 inaugural concert programme booklet
Grand Orgue Quintatön 16, Montre 8, Bourdon 8, Prestant 4, Doublette 2, Principal 1, Fourniture IV , Cymbale III, Cornet V (from c1; mounted), Trompette 8
Positif Bourdon à cheminée 8, Montre 4, Flûte 4, Quinte 2⅔, Octave 2, Tierce 1⅗, Larigot 1⅓, Cymbale III, Cromorne 8
Pédalier Bourdon 16, Flûte ouverte 8, Principal 4, Dulciane 16 (reed, not string), Clarine 4
Couplers Pos. à G.O., G.O. à Péd., Pos. à Péd.
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