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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1312 (1929)

Royal York Hotel: Concert Hall
100 Front St. W.
Toronto, ON, CA

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


Images


1929-06-01 - Hotel Exterior (Photo courtesy of Casavant Frères/Database Manager)

1929-06-01 - Claver Casavant at the Console (Photo courtesy of Casavant Frères/Database Manager)

1929-06-01 - Auditorium Interior (Photo courtesy of Casavant Frères/Database Manager)

1929-06-01 - Console (Photo courtesy of Casavant Frères/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2010-03-19 - Identified through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Relocated by Keates-Geissler in 1988 to First Baptist Church, Jackson, Mississippi, and combined with the church's 1940 E. M. Skinner & Son organ; substantially rebuilt by Quimby in 2004. -Database Manager

2012-08-02 - Updated through online information from Danny Wesley Ray. -- I am an organist who had played the instrument at First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas. I believe at least part of the organ was incorporated into the current instrument. -Database Manager

2014-05-05 - Updated through online information from Andrew Mead. -- Console was not removed from the hotel upon the removal of organ (by Keats Geisler Organs) and deposited in basement closet in ruined condition. Console was purchased and removed by Jarvis Street Baptist, Toronto C. 1988. Console was later broken up for keyboards and other parts. -Database Manager


Stoplist

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

       Toronto, Ontario
       Royal York Hotel

       Casavant   Op. 1312   1929   5/111

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

       GREAT                             SWELL
   16' Double Open Diapason 68       16' Contra Geigen 68
   16' Contra Clarabella 68          16' Bourdon 68
    8' Open Diapason I 68             8' Open Diapason 68
    8' Open Diapason II 68            8' Geigen 68
    8' Open Diapason III 68           8' Clarabella 68
    8' Hohlflöte 68                   8' Stopped Diapason 68
    8' Rohrflöte 68                   8' Viola da Gamba 68
5 1/3' Quint 68                       8' Salicional 68
    4' Octave 68                      8' Voix céleste 68
    4' Principal 68                   4' Octave 68
    4' Flûte harmonique 68            4' Flauto Traverso 68
    4' Flûte d'Amour 68               2' Superoctave 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 68                     V  Cornet 340
    2' Fifteenth 61                  IV  Mixture 272
  III  Mixture 204                   16' Double Trumpet 68 (hp)
    V  Harmonics 340                  8' Trumpet (hp)
   16' Contra Tromba 68 (hp)          8' Oboe 68
    8' Tromba 68 (hp)                 8' Vox Humana 68
    4' Octave Tromba 68 (hp)          4' Clarion (hp)
       Super                             Tremulant
       Chimes OR                         Sub
       Harp OR                           Super
                                         Chimes OR
       CHOIR                             Harp OR
   16' Contra Dulciana 68
    8' Open Diapason 68                  BOMBARDE
    8' Melodia 68                     8' Stentorphone 68
    8' Spitzflöte 68                VII  Mixture 476
    8' Flûte céleste 68              16' Trombone 68
    8' Dulciana 68                    8' Trompette harmonique 68
    8' Unda Maris 68                  8' Tuba Sonora 68
    4' Dulcet 68                  5 1/3' Quint Horn 68
    4' Lieblichflöte 68               4' Octave Tuba 68
2 2/3' Nazard 68                         Super
    2' Harmonic Piccolo 61            8' Tuba Mirabilis (unenclosed)
1 3/5' Tierce 61
   IV  Dulciana Mixture 272              PEDAL
   16' Contra Fagotto 68             32' Double Open Diapason 12
    8' Trumpet 68                       (7 acoustic, 5 open)
    8' Clarinet 68                   16' Open Diapason 1 32 (w)
    4' Clarion 68                    16' Open Diapason 2 GT (m)
       Tremulant                     16' Open Diapason 3 GT (w)
       Sub                           16' Bourdon 32
       Super                         16' Violone 32
       Chimes OR                     16' Gamba OR
       Harp OR                       16' Gedeckt SW
                                     16' Dulciana CH
       ORCHESTRAL                10 2/3' Quint 32
   16' Contra Gamba 68                8' Octave 12
    8' Grossflöte 68                  8' Stopped Flute 12
    8' Gross Gamba 68                 8' Cello 12
    8' Gamba céleste 68           5 1/3' Octave Quint 12
    8' Viole d'Orchestre 68           4' Superoctave 12
    8' Viole céleste 68              IV  Mixture 128
    8' Quintadena 68                 32' Contra Bombarde 32
    4' Octave Viol 68                16' Bombarde 12
    4' Concert Flute 68              16' Trombone BO
  III  Cornet de Violes 204          16' Bassoon OR
   16' Bassoon 68                     8' Tromba 12
    8' Cor Anglais 68                 4' Clarion 12
    8' French Horn 68                    Chimes OR
    8' Orchestral Oboe 68                Bass Drum
       Tremulant                         Snare Drum
       Sub                               Tympany
       Super                             Tympany Roll
       Chimes 25 (class A)               Chimes OR
       Harp 61
       Harp Sub
       Xylophone 37
       Castanets 37

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 20, 2010.]

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