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Casavant Opus 896 (1921)

Falmouth Street Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
Sydney, NS, CA

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
57 stops
49 registers
5 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)
Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

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

2011-10-28 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Old case and display pipes to be retained and added to; pipes to be decorated; destroyed by fire in 1946. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Sydney, Nova Scotia
    Falmouth Street Presbyterian Church

    Casavant   Op. 896   1921   4/55

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

    GREAT                        SWELL
16' Dbl Open Diapason 68     16' Bourdon          68
 8' 1st Open Diapason 68      8' Open Diapason    68 *
 8' 2nd Open Diapason 68      8' Stopped Diapason 68 e
 8' Hohlflöte         68      8' Viola di Gamba   68 e
 8' Rohrflöte         68      8' Voix Céleste     56 e
 8' Salicional        68      8' Dolcissimo       68
 4' Octave            68 e    4' Flauto Traverso  68 e
 4' Harmonic Flute    68      4' Gemshorn         68
 2' Fifteenth         61 e    2' Flautino         61
IV  Mixture          272     IV  Dolce Cornet    272
 8' Trumpet           68 e   16' Double Trumpet   68
    Sub                       8' Cornopean        68 e
    Super                     8' Oboe             68 e
                              8' Vox Humana       68
    SOLO                      4' Clarion          68
16' Contra Viola      68         Tremulant
 8' Stentorphone      68         Sub
 8' Doppelflöte       68         Unison Off
 8' Viole d'Orchestre 68         Super
 8' Viole Céleste     56
 4' Concert Flute     68         CHOIR
 4' Viola             68     16' Contra Dulciana  68
 8' Tuba              68      8' Open Diapason    68 e
 8' Orchestral Oboe   68      8' Melodia          68 e
    Tremulant                 8' Quintadena       68
    Sub                       8' Dulciana         68 e
    Unison Off                8' Vox Angelica     56
    Super                     4' Violina          68
    Harp              61      4' Dolce Flute      68
                              2' Piccolo          61
    PEDAL                     8' Krummhorn        68
32' Double Open       --         Tremulant
16' Open Diapason     12         Sub
   (ext fm Bass Flute)           Unison Off
16' Open Diapason     GT         Super
16' Bourdon           32 e       Chimes           25
16' Violone           12
   (ext fm Violoncello)
16' Gedeckt           SW
 8' Bass Flute        32 e
 8' Stopped Diapason  12
 8' Violoncello       32
 4' Flute             12
16' Trombone          32      *  13 new pipes
 8' Trumpet           12      e  existing pipework

 [Received online from Jeff Scofield November 6, 2011]

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