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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2309 (1956)

Robertson-Wesley United Church
10209 123rd Street
Edmonton, AB, CA

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
36 stops
34 registers
4 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)
Has crescendo
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

2010-03-30 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Originally installed as Op. 569 in 1914; church merged with Wesley United 1971 to become Robertson-Wesley United Church; replaced by Gabriel Kney organ in 1979 and moved to Martin Luther Prepatory School, Prairie du Chien, WI; school closed in 1995 and organ moved to Royal Teton Temple, Driggs, ID -Database Manager

2017-05-07 - Updated through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. The tonal director was Stephen Stoot. The cost was $25,340.00. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
       Robertson United Church

       Casavant   Op. 2309   1956   3/39

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

       GREAT
   16' Flute Conique     pf
    8' Open Diapason     68  12 bass notes; chest only
    8' Violin Diapason   68  12 bass notes; chest only
    8' Stopped Diapason  68
    8' Gemshorn          68  pipes only, in place of Dolce
    4' Octave            68
    4' Rohrflöte         68  pipes only, in place of Harmonic Flute
2 2/3' Octave Quint      61  pipes and chest
    2' Superoctave       61
   IV  Fourniture       244  pipes and chest
    8' Trumpet           68  revoiced
       Super

       SWELL
   16' Bourdon           68
    8' Open Diapason     68
    8' Stopped Diapason  68
    8' Viola da Gamba    68  revoiced
    8' Voix Céleste      68
    8' Aeoline           68
    4' Flauto Traverso   68
2 2/3' Twelfth           61  pipes and chest
    2' Flautino          61
  III  Dolce Cornet     204
   16' Contra Fagotto    pf
    8' Cornopean         68  revoiced
    8' Oboe              68  revoiced
    4' Clarion           68  pipes only, in place of Vox Humana
       Tremulant
       Sub
       Super

       CHOIR
    8' Nachthorn         68  pipes only, in place of Melodia
    8' Dulciana          68
    4' Waldflöte         68
2 2/3' Nazard            61  pipes and chest
    2' Piccolo           61
1 3/5' Tierce            61  pipes and chest
    8' Clarinet          68  revoiced
       Tremulant
       Sub
       Super
       Chimes            pf

       PEDAL
   32' Resultant         12  pipes and chest; independent quints
   16' Open Diapason     32
   16' Bourdon           32
   16' Flute Conique     pf
   16' Gedeckt           SW
    8' Octave            12
    8' Stopped Flute     12
    8' Principal         32  pipes and chest
   16' Trombone          32
    8' Tromba            12  pipes and chest

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 31, 2010.]

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