1895 - Building exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Library Company of Philadelphia, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
1921-11-01 - Console (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2010-10-18 - Identified through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- The specification contains six full pages of very specific instructions by the consultant, T. J. Palmer of Ottawa, Ontario; the congregation merged with First Presbyterian in 1929, using the Calvary building and the First Presbyterian name; merged with Second Presbyterian in 1949 and moved to the Second Church building, still retaining the First Presbyterian name; the Casavant was relocated in 1949 without the Echo divisions to the newly-completed Église St-Madeleine-Sophie-Barat, Montréal, Québec, which was constructed in 1948 and closed in 2002; it is now the Cathedral of St. Maron, of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy. -Database Manager
2010-10-21 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- The organ was located to each side of the large gallery window; the Echo was placed in a chamber at the East end (front) of the church; the opening had a grille facing the nave. -Database Manager
2015-07-25 - Updated through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. The cost was $35,550.00. -Database Manager
2021-07-31 - The church building was located at 1508-14 Locust Street. Calvary merged with First Presbyterian in 1929, using the Calvary building, then in 1949 merged with Second Presbyterian and moved to the Second Presbyterian Church building, at which time the organ was relocated to Ste-Madeleine-Sophie-Barat in Montréal. -Paul R. Marchesano
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Casavant Op. 1126 1926 4/76
Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
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GREAT (4" wind) CHOIR (3½")
16' Dbl Open Diapason 54 16' Contra Dulciana 73
(1-7 from Pedal) 8' Open Diapason 73
8' Open Diapason No. 1 61 8' Lieblich Gedeckt 73
8' Open Diapason No. 2 61 8' Salicional 73
8' Violin Diapason 61 8' Echo Clarabella 73
8' Rohrflöte 61 8' Quintadena 73
8' Hohlflöte (Triang) 61 8' Salicional 73
5 1/3' Quint Flute 61 8' Flute Celeste II 146
4' Octave 61 4' Lieblich Flöte 73
4' Flute Harmonique 61 2' Lieblich Piccolo 61
2' Fifteenth 61 V Echo Cornet 305 a
IV Mixture 244 a 8' Clarinet 73
8' Trumpet 61 b Tremulant
Chimes CH Sub
Unison Off
SWELL (5") Super
16' Bourdon 73 Chimes 25
8' Open Diapason 73
8' Horn Diapason 73 ECHO (5")(e)
8' Stopped Diapason 73 16' Bourdon 73
8' Clarabella 73 8' Violin Diapason 73
8' Viola di Gamba 73 8' Rohrflöte 73
8' Celeste 73 8' Muted Viol 73
8' Aeoline 73 8' Vox Angelica 73
4' Principal 73 8' Salicional 73
4' Flauto Traverso 73 4' Flute d'Amour 73
2' Flautino 61 2' Lieblich Piccolo 61
IV Cornet 292 8' Musette 73
8' Cornopean 73 Tremulant
8' Oboe 73 Sub
8' Vox Humana 73 Unison Off
Tremulant Super
Sub Chimes 25
Unison Off
Super ECHO PEDAL
Chimes CH 16' Gedeckt EC
STRING (8" floating)(c) PEDAL (5")
16' Contra Viola 73 32' Dbl Open Diapason 12
8' Violin 73 (1-7 independent quints)
8' Viole Celeste III 219 16' Open Diapason 32
8' Viole d'Orchestre 73 16' Open Diapason GT
4' Viole Octaviante 73 16' Bourdon 32
III Cornet de Violes 219 16' Violone 32
(10-12-15) 16' Gedeckt SW
Tremulant 16' Dulciana CH
8' Principal 12
TUBA (15" floating)(d) 8' Flute 12
16' Double Trumpet 61 8' Violoncello 12
8' Tuba Sonora 61 16' Trombone 32 (7")
4' Clarion 61 Chimes CH
8' Tuba (unenclosed) 61
a The top ranks must taper off to prevent shrieking
b On 10" wind, full and smooth, but not thick; to have
harmonic trebles
c Small-scaled, in Choir division, tone pungent after
Hope-Jones model; Cornet is 10-12-15
d Unenclosed Tuba in Great, other three in Swell; full and
smooth and to top the organ; tone as Harrison & Harrison
at Ely or Durham Cathedrals or St. Paul's, Toronto
e Scaling large due to small tonal opening, like SW or CH;
front of church, 96' from the main organ in the gallery
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