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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 549 (1914)

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
60 Athabasca Street East
Moose Jaw, SK, CA

Images

Unknown - Organ at front of the Sanctuary (Moose Jaw Public Library, courtesy of The Zach (ca. 1914)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Postcard of Church Exterior (Moose Jaw Public Library, courtesy of The Zach (ca. 1914)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Rear of sanctuary with Echo Organ to the top right. (Moose Jaw Public Library, courtesy of The Zach (ca. 1914)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
45 stops
48 registers
6 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: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

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

2011-03-02 - Updated through online information from The Zach. -- Destroyed by a ferocious fire in 1963, replaced by a 4 manual Wicks. -Database Manager

2021-02-15 - Congregation voted to join the United Church of Canada in 1925. The organ was rebuilt in 1954 by Hill, Norman, and Beard with tonal additions and a new 5 manual console. Ultimately destroyed by fire on December 15, 1963. -The Zach

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives Date not recorded

      Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
      St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

      Casavant Frères Ltée.   Op. 549   1914   4/48

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

      GREAT                          SWELL
  16' Double Open Diapason  68   16' Bourdon               68
   8' Open Diapason No. 1   68    8' Open Diapason         68
   8' Open Diapason No. 2   68    8' Stopped Diapason      68
   8' Violin Diapason       68    8' Clarabella            68
   8' Doppel Flöte          68    8' Viola di Gamba        68
   8' Dolce                 68    8' Voix Celeste   (tc)   49
   4' Principal             68    8' Aeoline               68
   4' Harmonic Flute        68    4' Flauto Traverso       68
   2' Fifteenth             61    2' Flautino              61
  IV  Mixture              272    8' Cornopean             68
   8' Trumpet               68    8' Oboe                  68
      Super                       8' Vox Humana            68
      Chimes                EC       Tremulant
                                     Sub
      CHOIR                          Super
   8' Open Diapason         68       Chimes                EC
   8' Melodia               68
   8' Dulciana              68       SOLO
   4' Flute                 68    8' Stentorphone          68
   2' Piccolo               61    8' Gross Flute           68
   8' Clarinet              68    8' Cello                 68
      Tremulant                   8' Viole d'Orchestre     68
      Sub                         4' Traverse Flute        68
      Super                       8' Tuba                  68
      Chimes                EC       Tremulant
                                     Sub
      PEDAL                          Super
  32' Sub Bass (stopped)    30       Chimes                EC
  16' Open Diapason (wood)  30
  16' Open Diapason (metal) 30       ECHO
  16' Bourdon (ext. 32')    12    8' Violin                68
  16' Gedeckt               SW    8' Violes Celestes II   136
   8' Bass Flute (ext. 32') 12    8' Lieblich Gedeckt      68
   8' Cello                 30    4' Flute                 68
  16' Trombone              30    8' Vox Humana (enclosed) 68
                                     Tremulant
                                     Solo OFF Echo ON
                                     Chimes                20

     [Received from The Zach December 12, 2017]

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