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Casavant Brothers, Ltd. Opus 1370 (1930)

Nova Scotian Hotel: Hotel Theatre
1181 Hollis St.
Halifax, NS, CA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
39 stops
23 registers
3 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: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
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

2017-05-07 - Identified through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2011-10-08 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Moved to Newtonbrook United Church, North York, Ontario, in 1959; 10 stops (17 ranks) added by Casavant in 1976. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Halifax, Nova Scotia
       Hotel Nova Scotian

       Casavant   Op. 1370   1930   2/20

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

       GREAT (enclosed)         SWELL
    8' Open Diapason 73     16' Lieblich Gedeckt  61
    8' Melodia       73      8' Open Diapason     73
    8' Rohrflöte     73      8' Gedeckt           12
    8' Gamba         73      8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
    8' Dulciana      73      8' Viole Céleste     73
    4' Waldflöte     73      8' Æoline            73
2 2/3' Nazard        73      8' Celeste           73
    2' Piccolo       61      4' Flute             12
    8' Tromba        73      2' Flageolet         12
    8' Clarinet      73      8' Trumpet           73
       Tremulant             8' Oboe              73
       Sub                   8' Vox Humana        73
       Super                    Tremulant
       Chimes        25         Sub
       Harp          61         Super
                                Chimes            GT
       CHOIR (from GT)          Harp              GT
    8' Open Diapason
    8' Melodia                  PEDAL
    8' Rohrflöte            16' Bourdon           32
    8' Gamba                16' Gedeckt           SW
    8' Dulciana              8' Stopped Flute     12
    4' Waldflöte             8' Still Gedeckt     SW
2 2/3' Nazard                   Chimes            GT
    2' Piccolo
    8' Tromba
    8' Clarinet
       Tremulant
       Sub
       Super
       Chimes
       Harp

[Received online from Jeff Scofield  October 9, 2011]

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