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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2024 (1950)

St. George's Anglican Church
83 Church Street
St. Catharines, ON, CA

Images

2020-04-23 - Church exterior (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-04-11 - Console (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2017-12-19 - Church interior (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
35 stops
43 registers
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 (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-02-20 - Identified by Rae Bolton from information furnished by Casavant Frères, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2014-08-25 - Updated through online information from Andrew Henderson. -Database Manager

2020-06-16 - Revoicing and additions by Casavant in 1991 via Dodington & Dodington. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Original document from Andrew Henderson. Source: Stoplist from dedication program, October 1, 1950, and factory specs 2019-05-29

St. Catharines, ON
St. George's Anglican Church

Organ by Casavant Frères Ltd.

GREAT ORGAN

16    Double Open Diapason 68
8     Open Diapason No. 1  68
8     Open Diapason No. 2  68
8     Doppel Flute         68
8     Salicional           68
4     Principal            68
4     Wald Flute           68
2 2/3 Twelfth              61 *
2     Fifteenth            61
8     Trumpet              68
Chimes (from Choir)

SWELL ORGAN

16    Bourdon              68
8     Open Diapason        68
8     Stopped Diapason     68
8     Gamba                68
8     Aeoline              68
8     Voix Celeste         61
4     Traverse Flute       68
2     Flautino             61
IV    Mixture             244 a
16    Contra Fagotto       68 *
8     Cornopean            68
8     Oboe                 68
8     Vox Humana           68
Tremulant
Chimes (from Choir)

CHOIR ORGAN

8     Geigen Principal     68
8     Melodia [former Echo Chimney Flute] 68
8     Viole d'Orchestra [sic] 68
8     Dulciana             68
4     Harmonic Flute       68
2 2/3 Nazard               61 *
2     Piccolo              61
8     Clarinet             68
Tremulant
Chimes

PEDAL ORGAN

32    Resultant            12 b
16    Open Diapason        32
16    Violone              32 *
16    Bourdon              32
16    Gedeckt [Swell]
8     Bass Flute           12
8     Cello                12 *
8     Stopped Flute        12
4     Choral Bass          12 *
16    Trombone             32
16    Fagotto [Swell]
8     Tromba		   12
      Chimes

*     new
a     1 new rank added
b     independent quints

    In 1991, Casavant did the following:
(1) revoice all reed stops, with new tongues.
(2) New toeboard for existing SW Plein Jeu IV
    on CH Geigen Principal action
(3) New IV-V Mixture 269 pipes for SW with
    toeboard on Cornet III action

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