Knox United Church: Sanctuary
506 4 Street Southwest
Calgary, AB, CA
Images
1967 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Glenbow Archives, submitted by The Zach/The Zach)
June 1956 - Console being installed (Photograph from an archival source: Glenbow Archives, submitted by The Zach/The Zach)
1956-01-01 - Console (Photograph from Casavant Archives/Database Manager)
2024-01-12 - Church interior (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2024-05-19 - Choirloft and console (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-01-08 - Church interior to rear and Antiphonal (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-03-12 - Church exterior (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 4 manuals
- 79 stops
- 6 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)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2017-05-07 - Identified through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. The tonal director was Stephen Stoot. The cost was $ 25,455.00. -Database Manager
2012-02-17 - Updated through online information from The Zach. -- Revisions and additions to existing Casavant organ of 1913/1956. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Knox United Church
Casavant Op. 2336 1956 4/75
Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
GREAT
16' Double Diapason 68 A
16' Quintaton new 68 A on old No. 1 Diapason space 32 off
spotted metal
8' Diapason 68 A old No. 2
8' Principal 61 G old Violin Diapason
8' Bourdon 61 G old Stopped Diapason
8' Gemshorn new 68 A on Doppelflöte space spotted metal 1/4
taper.
4' Octave new 68 A spotted metal
4' Waldflöte 61 G
4' Koppelflöte new 61 G on Dolcissimo space
2 2/3' Octave Quint new 61 G spotted metal
2' Super octave new 61 G spotted metal
IV-V Fourniture new 286 G spotted metal
8' Trumpet 61 G revoiced at factory
4' Clarion 61 revoiced at factory
8' Trompette Harmonique console action only
Chimes "Antiphonal"
Celesta "Solo"
NOTE: All drawknobs to be engraved with "A" or "G" as case may be and the
lettering to be in red, showing them to be affected bt the
appropriate couplers.
SWELL
16' Gedackt 68
x 8' Open Diapason 68
8' Stopped Diapason 68
x 8' Quintadena new 68 on old Clarabella space
x 8' Viola da Gamba 68 repaired and revoiced at factory
8' Voix Celeste tc 56
8' Aeoline 68
4' Principal 68
x 4' Flute Harmonique 68 old metal flute renamed
2' Piccolo 61
II Sesquialtera 122 added 1970s
IV-V Plein Jeu new 293 spotted metal
x 16' Contra Fagotto 68 revoiced at factory
x 8' Trompette 68 on Cornopean space
8' Oboe 68 revoiced at factory
4' Clarion 68 on Vox Humana space
Tremulant
Chimes "Antiphonal"
NOTE: The stops marked "x" are on a higher pressure
CHOIR
8' Metallgedackt 68 old first rank of Cornet V, repaired,
revoiced, and rescaled up on old
Diapason space.
8' Dulciana 68
4' Fugara 68 old 2nd rank of Cornet V on Melodia
space
2 2/3' Nazard new 61 spotted metal on Harmonic Flute 4' space
2' Flageolet 61
1 1/3' Larigot new 61 stopped metal tapered piped on old
Violina space
8' Clarinet 68 revoiced at factory
Tremulant
8' Trompette Harmonique console action only
Chimes "Antiphonal"
Carillonic Bells
Celesta "Solo"
Celesta Sub "Solo"
SOLO
8' Doppelgedackt 68 old Great Doppelflöte revoiced on new
pressure
8' Erzähler 68
8' Erzähler Celeste new 61 stopped metal on Viole d'Orchestre space
4' Principal new 68 on old Stentorphone space, new board.
4' Concert Flute 68 old Traverse Flute 4'
2' Harmonic Piccolo 61
8' Tuba 68 revoiced at factory
8' Orchestral Oboe 68 revoiced at factory
8' Cor Anglais 68 rebuilt, revoiced ar factory with new
beating reeds
Tremulant
8' Trompette Harmonique console action only
Celesta "Solo"
Chimes "Antiphonal"
ANTIPHONAL (Playable on Great or Choir thru couplers)
8' Lieblichgedackt 68
8' Viole 68 revoiced at factory beards to be taken
off to be revoiced like an echo
Salicional
8' Viole Celeste 68 revoiced at factory as above
8' Aeoline 68
4' Violonprincipal 68 12 new trebles to match old Violin 8'
(transposed) at 4'
4' Flauto Amabile 68
*8' Musette 68 cleaned and revoiced in place
8' Vox Humana 68 cleaned and revoiced in place
Tremulant
16' Pedal Bourdon 32
* replaced by a Regal-type stop in the 1970's
POSITIV (prepared for in console only)
No. 57 to No. 63 inclusive 7 knobs
PEDAL
32' Double Diapason 5 1-7 resultant
16' Diapason 32 wood
16' Bourdon 32
16' Violone 32
16' Quintaton GT new offset chest and 32 pipes from Great
16' Gedackt SW
8' Spitzprinzipal new 32 new pipws and chest
8' Octave 12 2 new pipes and chest
8' Bass Flute 12 2 new pipes and chest
8' Violoncello 12 2 new pipes and chest
4' Fifteenth new 32 new pipes and chest
4' Cor de Nuit new 32 new pipes and chest
IV Fourniture new 128 pipes and chest, as at Akron, Ohio where
Quints are tapered Gemshorn construction
and Octaves are straight side pipes
16' Trombone 32
8' Tromba 12
4' Clarion 12 14 new pipes and chest
Chimes "Antiphonal"
Carillionic Bells
PITCH TO REMAIN A=435
[Received from The Zach 2012-02-19.]
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