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Casavant Brothers Opus 253 (1906)

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
Box 254
Pictou, NS, CA

Consoles

Main

Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
16 stops
16 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical

Notes

2017-05-07 - Identified through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture. The cost was $ 2,743.00. -Database Manager

2011-10-22 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The organ was electrified at some point and Casavant added a new console in 1961. -Database Manager

2011-11-09 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

   Pictou, Nova Scotia
   St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

   Casavant   Op. 253   1906   2/16

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

   GREAT                    SWELL                      PEDAL
8' Open Diapason  65     8' Open Diapason    51 b  16' Dbl Open Diapason 30
8' Melodia        65     8' Stopped Diapason 58    16' Bourdon           30
8' Dulciana       53 a   8' Salicional       58
4' Octave         65     8' Viola di Gamba   58
4' Harmonic Flute 65     8' Voix Celeste     46
2' Fifteenth      65     4' Harmonic Flute   58
8' Trumpet        65     8' Oboe & Bassoon   58
   Octaves                  Tremulant                  Bellows Signal

a  1-12 Melodia          b  1-7 Stopped Diapason

Organ to be blown by an hydraulic motor calculated to work at 70 lbs. water
pressure, and to work direct on the bellows of the organ, said bellows to
be made with square acting feeders.

            Received online [from Jeff Scofield  October 23, 2011]

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