Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2106 (1952)

St. Andrew's United Church: Sanctuary
6036 Coburg Road
Halifax, NS, CA

Images

2019-09-15 - Church interior to rear (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-09-15 - Church interior, chancel and side chamber facade pipes (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
32 stops
28 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)
Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2017-05-07 - Identified through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture. The tonal director was Stephen Stoot. -Database Manager

2011-10-08 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The prepared-for Choir division was installed by Hill, Norman & Beard in 1969; in 2011, the Choir division and Pedal reeds from Op. 2457 (Central United Church, Moncton NB) were added to the St. Andrew's organ, replacing the H,N&B Choir, by Peninsula Organs, Miscou, NB. -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. Andrew's United Church

       Casavant   Op. 2106   1952   3/33

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

       GREAT                           CHOIR (prepared)
   16' Open Diapason      68        8' Geigen Principal
    8' Open Diapason I    68        8' Melodia
    8' Open Diapason II   68        8' Dulciana
    8' Hohl Flute         68        8' Vox Angelica     GG
    8' Gemshorn           68        8' Viole d'Orchestre
5 1/3' Quint              68        4' Violina
    4' Principal          68        4' Flute Flute
    4' Flute Triangulaire 68    2 2/3' Nazard
2 2/3' Twelfth            61        2' Flageolet
    2' Fifteenth          61    1 3/5' Tierce
  III  Mixture           183        8' Clarinet
    8' Trumpet            68           Tremulant
       Sub                             Sub
       Unison Off                      Unison Off
       Super                           Super
       Chimes             CH        8' Tuba (high pressure)
                                       Chimes           pf
       SWELL
   16' Bourdon            68           PEDAL
    8' Horn Diapason      68       16' Open Diapason    32
    8' Stopped Diapason   68       16' Bourdon          32
    8' Viola da Gamba     68       16' Violone          pf
    8' Voix Celeste       68       16' Gedeckt          SW
    8' Aeoline            68   10 2/3' Quint            pf
    4' Principal          68        8' Octave           12
    4' Flauto Traverso    68        8' Stopped Flute    12
    2' Piccolo            61        8' Violoncello      pf
   IV  Mixture           244    5 1/3' Octave Quint     pf
   16' Double Trumpet     68        4' Flute            12
    8' Trompette          68       IV  Mixture          pf
    8' Oboe               68       16' Trombone         pf
    4' Clarion            68        8' Tromba           pf
       Tremulant                       Chimes           CH
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield  October 9, 2011]