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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1948 (1949)

Knox Presbyterian Church
53 Church Street
St. Catharines, ON, CA

Images

2020-12-17 - Facade from right side (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2016-07-12 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Andrew Henderson, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2016-07-12 - Organ Case and Chancel (Photograph by Andrew Henderson, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
38 stops
Key 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 (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
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

2010-02-18 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. Console for Op. 811 -Database Manager

2016-07-26 - Updated through online information from Andrew Henderson. <br>Originally a conservative renovation of Casavant, Op. 811. Altered over the years as follows: Swell Mixture added 1960 (Casavant) and electronic harp stop (Maas-Rowe -- now disconnected); second set of chimes added on rear wall of sanctuary (1972); Great upperwork and various tonal alterations, early 1980s (Dubay); SSL combination action and crescendo pedal added 1987 (Dodington & Dodington); reeds rebuilt 1988 (Casavant); digital stops added 1998 & 2014 (Walker, via Dodington & Dodington). -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the dedication program Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

ORIGINAL SPECIFICATION (source: Dedication Program, February 20-22, 1949)

St. Catharines, Ontario
Knox Presbyterian Church

Casavant Frères Ltée, Op. 1948 (1949)

GREAT                                        SWELL

16    Double Open Diapason    68 pipes       16    Bourdon                68 pipes
8     Open Diapason           68 pipes       8     Open Diapason          68 pipes
8     Doppel Flute            68 pipes       8     Stopped Diapason       68 pipes
8     Dolce                   68 pipes       8     Viola da Gamba         68 pipes
4     Octave                  68 pipes       8     Vox Celeste (TG)       61 pipes
4     Harmonic Flute          68 pipes       8     Aeoline                68 pipes
2     Fifteenth               61 pipes       4     Flauto Traverso        68 pipes
8     Trumpet                 68 pipes       2     Piccolo                61 pipes
Chimes [Ch]                                  III   Dolce Cornet          183 pipes
                                             8     Cornopean              68 pipes
                                             8     Oboe                   68 pipes
PEDAL                                        8     Vox Humana             68 pipes
                                             Tremulant
16    Open Diapason           30 pipes 
16    Bourdon                 30 pipes       CHOIR
16    Gedeckt (Swell)         32 notes     
8     Octave (ext)            12 pipes       8     Geigen Principal       68 pipes
8     Cello                   30 pipes       8     Melodia                68 pipes
8     Stopped Flute (ext)     12 pipes       8     Dulciana               68 pipes
16    Trombone                30 pipes       4     Wald Flute             68 pipes
Chimes [Ch]                                  2     Flageolet              61 pipes
                                             8     Clarinet               68 pipes
                                             Tremulant
                                             Chimes (enclosed)


 [Received from Andrew Henderson 2016-07-18.]

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