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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1762 (1943)

All Saints Anglican Cathedral
1336 Martello Street
Halifax, NS, CA

Images

1944-04-02 - Console (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

5 manuals
51 stops
7 divisions
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)
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

2011-06-14 - Identified through online information from The Zach. -- The contract was for a new console. No tonal alterations were made. -Database Manager

2011-10-13 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Halifax, Nova Scotia
       All Saints Cathedral

       Casavant   Op. 1762   1944

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

         SPECIFICATIONS FOR NEW 5-MANUAL CONSOLE

       GREAT                       SWELL
   16' Double Open Diapason    16' Bourdon
    8' Open Diapason 1          8' Open Diapason
    8' Open Diapason 2          8' Clarabella
    8' Violin Diapason          8' Stopped Diapason
    8' Stopped Diapason         8' Viola di Gamba
    8' Doppelflöte              8' Voix Celeste
    8' Salicional               8' Aeoline
    4' Octave                   4' Principal
    4' Waldflöte                4' Flauto Traverso
2 2/3' Twelfth                  2' Piccolo
    2' Fifteenth              III  Cornet
  III  Mixture                 16' Bassoon
    8' Trumpet                  8' Cornopean
    8' Posaune                  8' Oboe
       Sub                      8' Vox Humana
       Super                       Tremulant
                                   Sub
       ANTIPHONAL                  Super
    8' Open Diapason               Chimes
    8' Stopped Diapason
    8' Rohrflöte                   CHOIR
    4' Lieblichflöte            8' Open Diapason
    8' Oboe (or Horn)           8' Melodia
    4' Clarion                  8' Dulciana
       Tremulant                4' Harmonic Flute
       Sub                      4' Violina
       Super                    2' Flageolet
       Chimes                   8' Clarinet
                                   Tremulant
       ANTIPHONAL PEDAL            Sub
   16' Open Diapason               Super
   16' Bourdon                     Chimes
    8' Violoncello
                                   SOLO
       PEDAL                    8' Grossflöte
   32' Double Open Diapason     8' Gamba
   16' Open Diapason            4' Octave
   16' Bourdon                  2' Harmonic Piccolo
   16' Violone                  8' Tuba
   16' Gedeckt                  8' Cor Anglais
    8' Octave                      Tremulant
    8' Bourdon                     Sub
    8' Violoncello                 Super
   16' Trombone                    Chimes
    8' Trompette

[Received online from Jeff Scofield October 11, 2011]

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