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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2303 (1955)

Bloor Street United Church: Sanctuary
300 Bloor Street W.
Toronto, ON, CA

Consoles

Main


Notes

2009-06-21 - Identified through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Replaced Casavant Opus 347 (1909), previously fitted with a new Casavant console as Casavant Opus 1847 (1946). -Database Manager

2020-08-12 - Restored by Blair Batty, with help by the congregation; there were some tonal changes, as well. -Jeff Scofield


Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Toronto, Ontario
       Bloor Street United Church

       Casavant   Op. 2303   1955   4/54

       GREAT                          SWELL
   16' Quintaton 68               16' Flute Conique 68
    8' Principal 68                8' Open Diapason 68
    8' Open Diapason 68            8' Stopped Diapason 68
    8' Bourdon 68                  8' Flute Conique 12
    8' Gemshorn 68                 8' Viola da Gamba 68
    4' Octave 68                   8' Voix Celeste 68
    4' Rohr Flute 68               8' Aeoline 68
2 2/3' Twelfth 61                  4' Principal 68
    2' Fifteenth 61                4' Flauto Traverso 68
  III  Harmonics 183 (17-19-22)    2' Flautina 61
    8' Tromba 68                  IV  Mixture (12-15-19-22)
       Super                      16' Double Trumpet 68
       Chimes (pf)                 8' Trumpet 68
                                   8' Oboe 68
       CHOIR                       4' Clarion 68
    8' Geigen Principal 68            Tremulant
    8' Rohr Flute 68                  Sub
    8' Dulciana 68                    Super
    8' Unda Maris 68
    4' Wald Flute 68                  PEDAL
2 2/3' Nazard 61                  32' Contra Bourdon 32 * 
    2' Piccolo 61                 16' Contrabass 32 (wood)
1 3/5' Tierce 61                  16' Bourdon 12
    8' Clarinet 68                16' Violone 32
       Tremulant                  16' Quintaton GT
       Sub                        16' Flute Conique SW
       Super                      16' Dulciana 12 CH
                                   8' Octave 32
       SOLO                        8' Stopped Flute 12
    8' Gross Flute 68              8' Violoncello 12
    8' Gross Gamba 68              8' Flute Conique SW
    8' Viole d'Orchestre 68        4' Choralbass -- (from Mixture)
    4' Fugara 68                  IV  Mixture 128
    8' Orchestral Oboe 68         16' Trombone 32
       Tremulant                  16' Trumpet SW
    8' Tuba Mraibilis 68           8' Tromba 12
       Sub                            Chimes (pf)
       Super
       Chimes (pf)                 *  to GGGG; 7 independent quints below

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield June 22, 2009.]

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