Church of St. Barnabas: Nave; rear gallery
1525 Begbie St.
Victoria, BC, CA
Images
Date unknown - Rear of case with 16' Bourdon extension pipes (Photograph by Toad Hollow Photography (with kind permission), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Date unknown - Keydesk with stops (Photograph by Toad Hollow Photography (with kind permission), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Date unknown - Upper organ case with facade (Photograph by Toad Hollow Photography (with kind permission), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Date unknown - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Toad Hollow Photography (with kind permission), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Date unknown - Nave interior with organ in rear gallery (closer) (Photograph by Toad Hollow Photography (with kind permission), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Date unknown - Nave interior with organ in rear gallery. (Photograph by Toad Hollow Photography (with kind permission), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 1 manuals
- 6 stops
- 1 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Suspended Tracker)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
- Manual compass: 50 notes
- Pedal compass: 26 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
- Combination action: None
Notes
2007-02-09 - This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified through on-line information from Douglas Adams. -Database Manager
2009-10-13 - Updated through on-line information from Douglas Adams. -Database Manager
2023-09-08 - From the parish website: About Our Pipe Organ - Our pipe organ is both a beautifully crafted work of art and the perfect instrument for our musical repertoire. Built in 1990 by renowned builder John Brombaugh & Associates of Eugene, Oregon as his opus 31-f, it was the last of a batch of six built to this design. This one-manual Pipe Organ of 362 pipes is modeled closely on North German chamber organs of the early seventeenth century, and is one of very few of its type in North America. With nine ranks of pipes voiced to historical principles and tuned in an authentic 17th Century meantone temperament, it certainly is one of the finest organs of its kind in Canada. It perfectly complements the singing of early liturgical music, as well as contemporary repertoire. The organ was installed in the St Barnabas choir loft in December 1990 and was first used on Christmas Eve. Its case is of fumed Appalacian white oak, western red cedar, zebra wood and ebony. Oak carvings above the facade pipes represent acanthus leaves, vinca and plum blossoms, all of which happen to grow near the church.
-Jim Stettner
2023-12-13 - Temperament changed to equal temperament on 11 December 2023. -Neil Cardew-Fanning
2023-12-13 - Really just 7 ranks: 16' Subbaß is in reality an extension of 8' Gedackt. -Neil Cardew-Fanning
Stoplist
Source: Taken from detailed photos of the keydesk
MANUAL Gedackt 8, Præstant 4 (half draw (treble)/full draw), Flute 4, Octave 2 (half draw (treble)/full draw), Quinte / Mixture 3'/III (Half draw (treble)/ Full draw), Tremulant
COUPLERS (Drawknob) Coupler
MISC, CONTROLS Wind (drawknob; turns wind system on), Tremulant (drawknob),
Pedal (25 keys: C, D-d1) Subbaß 16 (12 pipes; extension of 8' Gedackt)
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