Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Opus 2159 (1953)

Grace Presbyterian Church
1009 Fifteenth Avenue, S.W.
Calgary, AB, CA

Images

2018-08-04 - Church exterior (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2017-02-01 - Church interior (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018-05-16 - Church interior, chancel and organ case (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2014-09-28 - Console (Photograph by Kent Brocklebank/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
40 stops
43 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs
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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe 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. -Database Manager

2020-07-07 - Originally built in 1912 as tubular-pneumatic by the Canadian Pipe Organ Company; extensively rebuilt by Casavant in 1953, with a new console and eleven existing ranks replaced as new; extensive tonal changes were made by Casavant in 1959; a significant rebuild was done by Casavant rep Jean Girouard in 1985, including tonal changes and a new façade; in 2001, Casavant renovated the console and made some tonal changes. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives

     Calgary, Alberta
     Grace Presbyterian Church

     Canadian              1912
     Casavant   Op. 2159   1953   4/44
     ___________________________________________

     GREAT                    CHOIR

 16' Open Diapason         8' Open Diapason
  8' Open Diapason 1       8' Melodia
  8' Open Diapason 2       8' Viol d'Orchestre
  8' Doppel Flute          8' Dulciana
  8' Dolce                 4' Wald Flute
  4' Octave                2' Flageolet
  4' Harmonic Flute        8' Clarinet
  2' Fifteenth                Tremolo
III  Mixture                  Sub
  8' Trumpet                  Super
     Super                    Chimes
     Chimes
                              ECHO
     SWELL
                           8' Rohr Flute
 16' Bourdon               8' Oboe Gamba
  8' Horn Diapason         8' Vox Celeste
  8' Clarabella            8' Aeoline
  8' Stopped Diapason      4' Traverse Flute
  8' Viol di Gamba         8' Vox Humana
  8' Voix Celeste             Tremolo
  4' Flauto Traverso          Sub
  2' Piccolo                  Super
III  Dolce Cornet         16' Pedal Bourdon
  8' Cornopean                Chimes
  8' Oboe
  8' Vox Humana               PEDAL
     Tremolo
     Sub                  16' Open Diapason
     Super                16' Bourdon
     Chimes               16' Gedeckt          SW
                           8' Violoncello
                           8' Flute (OpenDiap) 12
                           8' Stopped Diapason 12
                          16' Trombone
                              Chimes

      [Received from Jeff Scofield July 7, 2020]