Highland Arts Theatre/St. Andrew's United: Theatre / Concert Hall
40 Bentinck St.
Sydney, NS, CA
Images
2015-04-15 - Console (Photograph by Ken Heaton/Database Manager)
2015-04-15 - Left Drawknobs (Photograph by Ken Heaton/Database Manager)
2015-04-15 - Right Drawknobs (Photograph by Ken Heaton/Database Manager)
2015-04-15 - Pipework (Photograph by Ken Heaton/Database Manager)
2015-04-15 - Pipework (Photograph by Ken Heaton/Database Manager)
2015-04-15 - Pipework (Photograph by Ken Heaton/Database Manager)
2015-04-15 - Pipe Facade (Photograph by Ken Heaton/Database Manager)
2015-04-15 - Pipework (Photograph by Ken Heaton/Database Manager)
2015-04-15 - Building Exterior (Photograph by Ken Heaton/Database Manager)
2016-04-17 - Theatre Interior and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Ken Heaton/Database Manager)
2015-04-15 - Pipe Facade and Console (Photograph by Ken Heaton/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 3 manuals
- 43 stops
- 30 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)
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2010-02-04 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. Rebuild of Op. 342 -Database Manager
2011-10-28 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Originally installed in 1911 as 3/29 Op. 452; rebuilt with new console and 3 new stops as Op. 1841 in 1946; tonal changes made by Casavant thru Ledoux & MacDonald Organ Service Co. in 1962. -Database Manager
2016-05-22 - Updated through online information from Ken Heaton. <br>The Wikipedia article link provided has a number of photos of the organ, console, pipes in the interior of the Swell Boxes, and so on. The information provided is from my actually looking at the organ and from speaking to one of the organists. The Wikipedia entry will be improved as time an information permit. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Sydney, Nova Scotia
St. Andrew's United Church
Casavant Op. 1841 1918/1946 3/32
Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
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GREAT SWELL
8' Open Diapason 68 16' Bourdon 68
8' Violin Diapason 68 8' Open Diapason 68
8' Doppelflöte 68 8' Stopped Diapason 68
8' Dolce 68 8' Viola di Gamba 68
4' Principal 68 r 8' Voix Celeste 56
2' Super Octave 61 r 8' Aeoline 68
8' Trumpet 68 4' Traverse Flute 68
Super 2' Piccolo 61
Chimes CH III Mixture 204
8' Cornopean 68 r
CHOIR 8' Oboe 68 r
8' Salicional 68 * 8' Vox Humana 68
8' Melodia 68 Tremulant
8' Viole d'Orchestre 68 * Sub
8' Dulciana 68 Super
4' Waldflöte 68 Chimes CH
2 2/3' Nazard 61 *
2' Piccolo 61 PEDAL
8' Clarinet 68 16' Open Diapason 32
Tremulant 16' Bourdon 32
Sub 16' Gedeckt SW
Super 8' Flute 12
Chimes 8' Stopped Flute 12 *
16' Trombone 32
* new pipework
r replaced in 1962; added at this time were a Clarion 4'
to the Swell and a hooded Harmonic Trumpet, 68 pipes.
[Received online from Jeff Scofield November 5, 2011]
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