Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Brothers, Ltd. Opus 1898 (1947)

St. Agnes Catholic Church: Church
310 Convent Street
New Waterford, NS, CA

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

Images

2012-08-08 - Organ and facade in gallery (Photograph by Robert Purdy, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2012-08-08 - Facade detail (Photograph by Robert Purdy, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2012-08-08 - Console (Photograph by Robert Purdy, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2012-08-08 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Robert Purdy/Database Manager)

2012-08-08 - Church interior: ceiling and organ gallery (Photograph by Robert Purdy/Database Manager)

2012-08-08 - Blower and motor (Photograph by Robert Purdy/Database Manager)

2012-08-08 - Church interior: Ceiling beams and organ gallery (Photograph by Robert Purdy/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
19 stops
17 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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

Notes

2010-02-16 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2011-10-22 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Some rewiring done by Gerard Ledoux in 1966, with Casavant supplying miscellaneous parts, including a new blower and a new starting switch at the console. -Database Manager

2014-06-12 - According to Robert J. Purdy, the church has been slated for demolition and the organ has been removed to storage at First United Methodist Church, Hancock, Michigan, where it awaits sufficient funds for installation in the church's sanctuary. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       New Waterford, Nova Scotia
       St. Agnes R. C. Church

       Casavant   Op. 1898   1947   2/19

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

       GREAT                   SWELL                      PEDAL
    8' Open Diapason 68    16' Bourdon          68    16' Major Bass    32
    8' Melodia       68     8' Violin Diapason  68    16' Bourdon       32
    8' Dulciana      68     8' Stopped Diapason 68     8' Gedeckt       SW
    4' Octave        68     8' Viola da Gamba   68     8' Stopped Flute 12
2 2/3' Nazard        61     8' Voix Celeste     61
    2' Fifteenth     61     4' Harmonic Flute   68
       Super              III  Cornet          183
                            8' Trumpet          68
                            8' Oboe             68
                               Tremulant
                               Sub
                               Super

           [Received online from Jeff Scofield  October 24, 2011]