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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 824 (1920)

St. Thomas Presbyterian Church
808 20th Street West
Saskatoon, SK, CA

Images

1927-06-04 - Newspaper clipping featuring the organcase (Photograph from an archival source: Saskatoon Star Phoenix , submitted by Zach Pederson/The Zach)

Unknown - Choir and Organ (Saskatoon Public Library, courtesy of The Zach (1940s)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, Saskatoon Public Library, courtesy of The Zach (1910s)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
23 stops
26 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2010-12-23 - Identified through online information from The Zach. -Database Manager

2011-02-21 - Updated through online information from The Zach. -Database Manager

2018-11-27 - St. Thomas Presbyterian became St. Thomas United Church in 1925; merged with Wesley United Church in 1934 to become St. Thomas Wesley United Church, using the St. Thomas facilities. -Database Manager

2018-02-26 - Updated by The Zach, who maintains the organ.<br> Rebuilt by Dr. Howard Hart in 1963, and refurbished by the Golden Eagle Organ Co. in 2010. -Database Manager

2018-02-26 - Updated by The Zach, who maintains the organ. -Database Manager

2018-02-27 - Updated by The Zach, who maintains the organ. -Database Manager

2018-02-27 - Updated by The Zach, who maintains the organ.<br> Electrified with additions by Dr. Howard Hart in 1963. Refurbished by the Golden Eagle Organ Co. in 2010. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
    St. Thomas Presbyterian Church

    Casavant   Op. 824   1920   2/25
    ________________________________________________________________________

    GREAT                         SWELL                     PEDAL
16' Dbl Stopped Diapason 65   16' Gedeckt          65   16' Open Diapason 30
 8' First Open Diapason  65    8' Open Diapason    65   16' Bourdon	  GT
 8' Second Open Diapason 65    8' Stopped Diapason 65   16' Gedeckt       SW
 8' Doppelflöte	         65    8' Viola di Gamba   65    8' Stopped Flute GT
 8' Gamba                65    8' Voix Celeste     53   16' Trombone      30
 8' Melodia              65    8' Aeoline          65
 8' Dulciana             65    4' Traverse Flute   65
 4' Principal            65  III  Cornet          195
 4' Harmonic Flute       65    8' Cornopean        65
 8' Trumpet              65    8' Oboe             65
    Super                      8' Vox Humana       65
                                  Tremulant
                                  Sub
                                  Super
[Received from The Zach 2011-03-18.]

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