Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Opus 2563 (1959)

Southminster United Church
1011 Fourth Avenue South
Lethbridge, AB, CA

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
44 stops
49 registers
5 divisions
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 tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-05-03 - Identified through on-line information from Stanley R. Scheer. -- The contract for Opus 2563 included a new four-manual console, new pipework as indicated in the specification plus cleaning and releathering of the existing mechanism, Opus 857 (1920). The existing casework and facade pipes were re-used. -Database Manager

2017-05-07 - Updated through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. The tonal director was Lawrence Phelps. The cost was $ 21,640.00. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Lethbridge, Alberta
       Southminster United Church

       Casavant   Op. 857    1920   3/45
       Casavant   Op. 2563   1959   4/53
       ______________________________________________________

       GREAT                             SWELL

   16' Quintaton            61 *     16' Gross Spitzflöte  61 *
    8' Principal            61 *      8' Geigen Principal  68
    8' Metallgedeckt        61 *      8' Stopped Diapason  68
    8' Gemshorn             61 *      8' Viole de Gambe    68
    4' Octave               61 *      8' Voix Céleste      61
    4' Chimney Flute        61 *      8' Spitzflöte        12 *
    2' Superoctave          61 *      8' Flute Celeste     56 *
   IV  Fourniture          244 *      4' Geigen Principal  68 *
  III  Cymbal              183 *      4' Flauto Traverso   68
    8' Trompette            61 *      2' Piccolo           61
       Chimes               EC      III  Plein Jeu        183 *
                                     16' Contre Hautbois   68 * L/2
       CHOIR                          8' Trompette         68 *
                                      4' Clairon           68 *
    8' Viola                68           Tremulant
    8' Dolce Principal      68           Sub
    4' Rohrflöte            68           Super
2 2/3' Nazard               61 *
    2' Gemshorn             61           PEDAL
1 3/5' Tierce               61 *
    8' Oboe Schalmey        68       16' Contrebasse       32
       Tremulant                     16' Bourdon           32
       Sub                           16' Quintaton         GT *
       Super                         16' Spitzflöte        SW *
       Chimes               EC        8' Principal         32
                                      8' Stopped Diapason  12
       ECHO                           8' Cello             12
                                      8' Spitzflöte        SW *
    8' Rohrflöte            68        4' Spitzflöte        SW *
    8' Salicional           68      III  Mixture           96 *
    8' Muted Viole          68       16' Trombone          32
    8' Muted Viole Celeste  68           Chimes            EC
    4' Fern Flute           68       16' Bourdon (Echo)    32
    8' Clarinet             68
       Tremulant                      *  new
       Sub
       Super
       Chimes               25

          [Received from Jeff Scofield November 29, 2018]

Stoplist and notes from Stanley R. Scheer Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

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