Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2482 (1959)

First Church of Christ, Scientist
Montréal, QC, CA

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

Images

2001-02-02 - Church exterior (Photograph by Pierre Bourque via Sandra Cohen-Rose and Colin Rose, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
34 stops
44 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: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-06-23 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Church closed early 1990s and demolished in February 2001; organ sold to St. Anne's R.C. Church, Sudbury, Ontario -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

     Montréal, Québec, Canada
     First Church of Christ, Scientist

     Casavant   Op. 2482   1959   3/44

     Stoplist courtesy of Casavant Frères

     GREAT                           SWELL
 16' Quintaton 61                 8' Hohlflöte 68
  8' Principal 61                 8' Viole de Gambe 68
  8' Bourdon 61                   8' Viole Celeste 61 GG
  8' Spitzflöte 61                4' Principal 68
  4' Octave 61                    4' Nachthorn 68
  4' Kleingedackt 61              2' Octavin 61
  2' Blockflöte 61               IV  Plein Jeu 244 (15-19-22-26)
 II  Rauschquinte 122 (12-15)    16' Fagott 68
 II  Sesquialtera (12-17)         8' Trompette 68
 IV  Mixture 244 (19-22-26-29)    4' Hautbois 68
     Chimes (pf)                     Tremulant
                                     Sub
     PEDAL                           Unison Off
 16' Contrabass 32 (wood)            Super
 16' Bourdon 32                      Chimes (pf)
 16' Quintaton GT
  8' Principal 32                    CHOIR
  8' Bourdon 12                   8' Rohrflöte 68
  8' Quintaton GT                 8' Salicional 68
  4' Octave 12                    8' Salicional Celeste (pf)
  4' Quintaton GT                 4' Spitzprincipal 68
III  Mixture 96 **                4' Koppelflöte 68
 16' Bombarde 32              2 2/3' Nasat 61
 16' Fagott SW                    2' Waldflöte 61
  8' Trompette 12             1 3/5' Terz 61
  8' Fagott SW                1 1/3' Larigot 61
  4' Clairon 12                   8' Krummhorn 61
  4' Fagott SW                       Tremulant
     Chimes (pf)                     Sub
                                     Unison Off
  ** 5 1/3, 2 2/3, 2                 Super
                                     Chimes (pf)

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield June 24, 2009.]