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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 906 (1921)

St. Matthew's United Church [prev. Presbyterian]: Sanctuary
1479 Barrington Street
Halifax, NS, CA

Images

1921-10-01 - Chancel and Pipe Facades (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

1921-10-01 - Nave, Balcony, and S.R. Warren Organ Case (Photograph courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
47 stops
43 registers
6 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons

Notes

2011-10-03 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- 4 wood ranks retained from the existing organ, which was removed by Casavant; the existing case was reused and altered 'to suit the place of the Echo Organ.' Refurbished in 1957 by Casavant and enlarged to 4/52 with a new console and tonal changes; renovated by Casavant in 1998 with tonal changes - enlarged to 4/56. -Database Manager

2011-10-10 - 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
       St. Matthew's Presbyterian Church

       Casavant   Op. 906   1921   3/47

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

       GREAT                            SWELL
   16' Double Open Diapason 68      16' Gedeckt              68
    8' First Open Diapason  68       8' Open Diapason        68
    8' Second Open Diapason 68     * 8' Stopped Diapason     68
    8' Doppelflöte          68       8' Viola da Gamba       68
    8' Gemshorn             68       8' Voix Céleste         56
    4' Principal            68       8' Aeoline              68
    4' Harmonic Flute       68       4' Traverse Flute       68
2 2/3' Twelfth              68       2' Harmonic Piccolo     61
    2' Fifteenth            61     III  Mixture             204
  III  Mixture             204       8' Cornopean            68
    8' Trumpet              68       8' Oboe                 68
       Super                         8' Vox Humana           68
                                        Tremulant
       CHOIR                            Sub
    8' Open Diapason        68          Unison Off
  * 8' Melodia              68          Super
    8' Dulciana             68
    8' Viole d'Orchestre    68          PEDAL
    4' Dolce Flute          68      32' Sub Bass (Resultant) --
    2' Flautino             61    * 16' Double Open Diapason 30
    8' Clarinet             68    * 16' Bourdon              30
       Tremulant                    16' Gedeckt              SW
       Sub                           8' Open Flute (DOD)     12
       Silent                        8' Stoped Flute         12
       Super                         8' Cello                30
                                    16' Trombone             30
       ECHO (playable on CH)
    8' Open Diapason        68          ECHO PEDAL
    8' Hohlflöte            68      16' Bourdon              30
    8' Gamba (string)       68
    8' Unda Maris           68       *  existing pipework
    4' Harmonic Flute       68
    2' Flageolet            61
    8' Vox Humana           68
       Tremulant
    8' Tuba Mirabilis       68
       Chimes               25

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield  October 9, 2011]

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