Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2148 (1952)

Metropolitan United Church
Edmonton, AB, CA

Images

2016-06-26 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2016-06-26 - Church interior to rear (Photograph from an archival source: Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2016-06-26 - Church interior to front (Photograph from an archival source: Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
13 stops
15 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
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

Notes

2010-01-30 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2017-05-07 - Updated through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. The tonal director was Stephen Stoot. -Database Manager

2020-07-02 - 12 stops were supplied in 1965 by Casavant via Robert Blanchard for new Great and Swell divisions - nothing mentioned in the Memo of Agreement about Pedal stops; Metropolitan merged with Knox United Church in 1972 to become Knox-Metropolitan United Church; using the former's facilities; the last service was held June 26, 2016; the sanctuary, known for its unique architecture and wonderful stained-glass windows, was demolished in 2019; the congregation merged with three others to form United on Whyte. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives

   Edmonton, Alberta
   Metropolitan United Church

   Casavant   Op. 2148   1952   2/13
   ___________________________________________________________________

   GREAT (enclosed)        SWELL                      PEDAL

8' Open Diapason  68    8' Principal        68    16' Bourdon       32 
8' Melodia        68    8' Stopped Diapason 68    16' Gedeck     SW 12
8' Dulciana       68    8' Viola da Gamba   68     8' Stopped Flute 12
4' Octave         68    8' Voix Celeste     61
4' Lieblich Flute 68    4' Gemshorn         68
2' Fifteenth      61    8' Oboe             68
   Super                   Tremulant
                           Sub
                           Super

               [Received from Jeff Scofield July 1, 2020]

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