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Casavant Brothers, Ltd. Opus 1284 (1928)

St. David's Presbyterian Church / Presbyterian Church of St. David: Sanctuary
1537 Brunswick Street
Halifax, NS, CA

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
37 stops
31 registers
4 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)
Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination 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. -- Rebuilt by Hill, Norman & Beard in 1968; further work by Leslie Smith in 2000; now named The Presbyterian Church of St. David. -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

     Halifax, Nova Scotia
     St. David Presbyterian Church

     Casavant   Op. 1284   1928   3/35

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

     GREAT                        SWELL
  8' Open Diapason     68     16' Bourdon          68
  8' Violin Diapason   68      8' Open Diapason    68
  8' Hohlflöte         68      8' Gedeckt          68
  8' Gemshorn          68      8' Viola da Gamba   68
  4' Octave            68      8' Voix Céleste     68
  4' Harmonic Flute    68      8' Æoline           68
  2' Fifteenth         61      4' Principal        68
III  Mixture          183      4' Flauto Traverso  68
  8' Tuba              68      2' Piccolo          61   
     Sub                     III  Dolce Cornet    204
     Unison Off                8' Cornopean        68
     Super                     8' Oboe             68
                               8' Vox Humana       68
     CHOIR                        Tremulant
  8' Geigen Principal  68         Sub
  8' Melodia           68         Unison Off
  8' Viole d'Orchestre 68         Super
  8' Dulciana          68
  4' Waldflöte         68         PEDAL
  2' Flageolet         61     16' Open Diapason    32
  8' Clarinet          68     16' Bourdon          32
     Tremulant                16' Gedeckt          SW
     Sub                       8' Octave           12
     Unison Off                8' Stopped Diapason 12
     Super                    16' Trombone         12 GT

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield October 9, 2011]

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