Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Opus 891 (1921)

St. Mark's Anglican Church: Sanctuary
5522 Russell St.
Halifax, NS, CA

Images

2020-04-12 - Nave facade with sanctuary facade in the background (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2019-04-21 - Sanctuary with sanctuary facade and keydesk (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2019-09-22 - Interior and nave facade (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2017-12-26 - Nave interior with organ in front (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2021-02-03 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
12 stops
12 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Adjustable Mechanical
Has combination trundles

Notes

2017-05-07 - Identified through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture. The cost was $5,343.00. -Database Manager

2011-10-14 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -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. Mark's Church

   Casavant   Op. 891   1921   2/12

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

   GREAT                    SWELL                       PEDAL
8' Open Diapason 65      8' Open Diapason    58 b   16' Bourdon 30
8' Melodia       65      8' Stopped Diapason 65
8' Dulciana      53 a    8' Viola di Gamba   65
4' Principal     65      8' Voix Celeste     53
8' Trumpet       65      4' Traverse Flute   65
   Super                 8' Oboe             65
                            
a  1-12 Melodia          b  1-7 Stopped Diapason

  [Received online from Jeff Scofield  October 15, 2011]