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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 831 (1920)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
1300 Oxford Street
Halifax, NS, CA

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
31 stops
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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

Notes

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

2011-10-10 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Case of Birch Mahogany after design #420-B, with bronzed display pipes. -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
   First Baptist Church

   Casavant   Op. 831   1920   3/30

   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' Doppelflöte        68      8' Stopped Diapason 68
8' Salicional         68      8' Viola di Gamba   68
4' Octave             68      8' Voix Celeste     56
4' Harmonic Flute     68      8' Aeoline          68
2' Super Octave       61      4' Flauto Traverso  68
8' Trumpet            68      2' Flautino         61
   Super                    III  Dolce Cornet    204
                              8' Cronopean        68
   CHOIR                      8' Oboe             68
8' Viola de Orchestra 68      8' Vox Humana       68
8' Melodia            68         Tremulant
8' Dulciana           68         Sub
4' Waldflöte          68         Super
2' Piccolo            61
8' Clarinet           68         PEDAL
   Tremulant                 16' Open Diapason    30
   Sub                       16' Bourdon          30
   Super                     16' Gedeckt          SW
                              8' Octave           12
                              8' Stopped Flute    12

[Received online from Jeff Scofield October 11, 2011]

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