ca 1930's - Facade (Photograph from an archival source: a vintage postcard, submitted by Charles Patrick Quinn/Charles Patrick Quinn)
2007-02-19 - Identified through on-line information from Douglas Adams. -- "Largest Church Organ In Western Canada" (Victoria Daily Colonist, 1910-07-08, during erection) - a magnum opus from the height of the orchestral period. Recitalists in its early years included: Joseph Bonnet, Marcel Dupré, Charles M. Courboin, Alfred Hollins, Louis Vièrne. (ref: Victoria Daily Times, 1927-03-15) In 1997 on the amalgamation of Metropolitan and First United Churches, Victoria Conservatory of music bought the building with organ. Construction of a stage necessitated removal of the fixed console. Seismic upgrading necessitated removal of the blower room. The existing console is on display in the lobby, across from the office counter. The organ was renovated by Grant Smalley in 2010 and an older Casavant console was rebuilt and updated to serve as the present console. -Database Manager
2009-10-13 - Updated through on-line information from Douglas Adams. -Database Manager
2017-09-10 - New 4-manual console and Pedal additions by Casavant in 1966. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Victoria, British Columbia
Metropolitan Methodist Church/Victoria Conservatory of Music
Casavant Frères Ltée. Op. 400 1910 4/50
Courtesy of Casavant Frères Archives.
GREAT SWELL
16' Double Open Diapason 68-A 16' Bourdon 68
8' 1st. Open Diapason (large) 68-A 8' Open Diapason (leathered)68
8' 2nd. Open Diapason (medium)68-A 8' Clarabella 68
8' Violin Diapason 61-G 8' Stopped Diapason 68
8' Doppel Flöte 68-A 8' Viola di Gamba 68
8' Stopped Diapason 61-G 8' Voix Celeste (tc) 56
8' Salicional 61-G 8' Aeoline 68
4' Octave 68-A 4' Principal 68
4' Wald Flöte 61-G 4' Flauto Traverso 68
2 2/3' Twelfth 68-A 2' Piccolo 61
2' Fifteenth 61-G III Cornet 204
III Mixture 183-G 16' Bassoon 68
8' Trumpet 61-G 8' Cornopean 68
8' Posaune 68-A 8' Oboe 68
Chimes 25 8' Vox Humana 68
Sub G Tremulant
Super A Sub
Super
CHOIR
8' Open Diapason 68 SOLO
8' Melodia 68 8' Gross Flöte 68
8' Dulciana 68 8' Gamba 68
4' Harmonic Flute 68 4' Harmonic Flute 68
4' Violina 68 2' Harmonic Piccolo 61
2' Flageolet 61 8' Tuba 68
8' Clarinet 68 8' Cor Anglais 68
Tremulant Tremulant
Sub Sub
Super Super
PEDAL
*32' Doube Open Diapason 32
16' Open Diapason (ext.) 12
16' Open Diapason (metal) GT
16' Violone 32
16' Bourdon 32
16' Gedeckt SW
8' Octave (ext.) 12
8' Bourdon (ext.) 12
8' Violoncelle (ext.) 12
16' Trombone 32
8' Trumpet (ext.) 12
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