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Casavant Brothers, Ltd. Opus 1862 (1946)

St. Paul's Anglican Church: Church
1749 Argyle Street
Halifax, NS, CA

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
43 stops
40 registers
5 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: 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

2011-10-22 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- This was a console-only contract for whoever was doing the 1947 renovation of the 1908 organ - whoever built that; extensive tonal changes were made by Casavant in 1960, enlarging the organ to 4/52. -Database Manager

2010-02-06 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Halifax, Nova Scotia
       St. Paul's Anglican Church

       Casavant   Op. 1862   1947   4/41

       Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
       St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
       ______________________________________________

       This was a console-only contract 

       GREAT                        SWELL
   16' Double Open Diapason     16' Bourdon
    8' Open Diapason No. I       8' Open Diapason
    8' Open Diapason No. II      8' Gedeckt
    8' Doppel Flute              8' Viole d'Orchestre
    8' Gamba                     8' Salicional
    4' Principal                 8' Voix Celeste
    4' Harmonic Flute            8' Aeoline
2 2/3' Twelfth                   4' Principal
    2' Fifteenth                 4' Suabe Flute
  III  Mixture                      Blank
    8' Trumpet                 III  Mixture
       Super                    16' Contra Fagotto
       Chimes                    8' Cornopean
                                 8' Oboe
       SOLO                      4' Clarion
    8' Gross Flute                  Tremulant
       Blank                        Sub
    4' Harmonic Flute               Super
    8' Tuba                         Chimes
    8' Orchestral Oboe
       Tremulant                    CHOIR
       Sub                          Blank
       Super                     8' Violin Diapason
       Chimes                    8' Melodia
                                 8' Dulciana
       PEDAL                     4' Flauto Traverso
       Blank                        Blank
   16' Open Diapason                Blank
   16' Violone                   8' Clarinet
   16' Bourdon                   8' Vox Humana
   16' Gedeckt                      Tremulant
    8' Bass Flute                   Sub
       Blank                        Super
    8' Stopped Flute                Chimes
       Blank
   16' Trombone
       Chimes

[Received online from Jeff Scofield  October 21, 2011]

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