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Wm. Hill & Sons and Norman & Beard Ltd. (1957)

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

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
• Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
• 4 manuals
• 61 stops
• 5 divisions
• Key action Type: Electrical
• Stop action Type: Electrical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
• Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
• 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 thumb pistons
• Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-10-19 - Identified through on-line information from Douglas Adams. -- Based on the 1929 rebuild (ID 44323) of the 1872 Walker organ. Organ enlarged from 3 to 4 manuals, 31 to 61 stops. Main additions: cantilevered neo-classical Choir division; facade of new pedal pipes; new console. Contract cost: $41,500. Rebuilt and relocated to gallery in 1980. Ref: Canadian Music Journal, Vol. 2, No. 4, Summer 1958, pp 27-33 -Database Manager

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• #44271†* - Chandos G. Dix (1929)
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• #44752†* - Keates-Geissler Pipe Organs Ltd (1980)

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