Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1465 (1932)

First United Church
932 Balmoral Road
Victoria, BC, CA

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

Images

2023 - Facade in chancel (https://artsvictoria.ca/firstmet/Michael Dirk)

2023 - Gallery (https://artsvictoria.ca/firstmet/Michael Dirk)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
32 stops
37 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-02-17 - Identified through on-line information from Douglas Adams. -- In 1997, as part of building renovations pursuant to amalgamation with Metropolitan United church to form First-Metropolitan United Church, this organ was abandoned in favour of a digital instrument of 18 channels, 38 speaker cabinets. A few ranks were sold, some pipes were painted and used to screen antiphonal speakers, the console was sold and became a roll-top desk. -Database Manager

2019-07-31 - From the specifications: "It is understood that the case of the old St. Andrew's Church organ in Vancouver will be used; the First United Church to bear the expense of securing the case, dismantling it and transporting to the Church, and to do whatever cutting and refinishing of the ends that may be found necessary to fit it into its new position. Casavant will erect the case aside from the cutting and re-finishing. The display pipes also of the old St. Andrew's organ case to be used and the pipes to be rearranged and erected for the additional sum of $290.00." -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives Date not recorded

       Victoria, British Columbia
       First United Church

       Casavant   Op. 1465   1932   3/35
       ________________________________________________

       GREAT                       SWELL

   16' Dbl Open Diapason 68     8' Open Diapason     68
    8' 1st Open Diapason 68     8' Stopped Diapason  68
    8' 2nd Open Diapason 68     8' Viola da Gamba    68
    8' Hohlflöte         68     8' Voix Céleste      61
    4' Octave            68     8' Aeoline           68
    4' Harmonic Flute    68     4' Octave Geigen     68
2 2/3' Twelfth           68     4' Flauto Traverso   68
    2' Fifteenth         61     2' Flautino          61
       Super                   IV  Mixture          272
    8' Tromba            CH     8' Horn              68
       Chimes            CH     8' Oboe              68
                                8' Vox Humana        68
       CHOIR                       Tremulant
                                   Sub
   16' Bourdon           68        Super
    8' Violin Diapason   68        Chimes            CH
    8' Melodia           68
    8' Viol d'Orchestre  68        PEDAL
    8' Dulciana          68
    4' Chimney Flute     68    16' Open Diapason     32
    2' Piccolo           61    16' Open Diapason     GT
    4' Clarinet          68    16' Sub Bass          32
    8' Clarinet          68    16' Bourdon           CH
       Tremulant                8' Octave            12
    8' Tromba            68     8' Stopped Flute     12
       Sub                     16' Trombone          32
       Super                    8' Tromba            CH
                                   Chimes            CH

         [Received from Jeff Scofield July 31, 2019]