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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 529 (1913)

Knox Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
506 4 Street Southwest
Calgary, AB, CA

Images

1914 - Organist at the console (Photograph from an archival source: Glenbow Archives, submitted by The Zach/The Zach)

1920s - Choir in front of the chancel with organ cases on either side (Photograph from an archival source: Glenbow Archives, submitted by The Zach/The Zach)

1914 - Postcard of the church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Glenbow Archives, submitted by The Zach/The Zach)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
65 stops
6 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons

Notes

2017-05-07 - Identified through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. The cost was $ 15,000.00. -Database Manager

2012-02-17 - Updated through online information from The Zach. -- Rebuilt in 1956 as Casavant Opus 2336. -Database Manager

2014-06-23 - Updated through online information from William A. Gaskarth. -- The original console of Opus 529 was not terraced, but an English style vertical rows angled jambs. I have a picture of this console with the late D. Stuart Kennedy. At the present moment I am resident in South Korea, but will be visiting Canada this summer at which time I will copy it and send it then. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Clagary, Alberta, Canada
       Knox Presbyterian Church

       Casavant   Op. 529   1913   4/65

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

       GREAT                         SWELL
   16' Double Open       68-A    16' Bourdon          68
    8' 1st Open Diapason 68-A     8' Open Diapason    68
    8' 2nd Open Diapason 68-A     8' Clarabella	      68
    8' Violin Diapason	 61-G     8' Stopped Diapason 68
    8' Doppel Flöte	 68-A     8' Viola di Gamba   68
    8' Stopped Diapason  61-G     8' Voix Celeste     56  tc
    8' Dolcissimo	 61-G     8' Aeoline	      68
    4' Octave	         68-A     4' Principal        68
    4' Wald Flöte        61-G     4' Flauto Traverso  68
2 2/3' Twelfth           61-G     2' Piccolo	      61
    2' Fifteenth	 61-G     V  Cornet	      340
    V  Mixture	        340-G    16' Contra Fagotto   68
    8' Trumpet           61-G     8' Cornopean	      68
    4' Clarion	         61-G     8' Oboe	      68
       Sub-G                      8' Vox Humana	      68
       Super-A                       Tremolo
       Chimes            EC          Sub
                                     Super
       CHOIR (enclosed with Solo)    Chimes           EC
    8' Open Diapason     68                    
    8' Melodia		 68          ECHO
    8' Dulciana	         68       8' Violin	      65
    4' Harmonic Flute    68       8' Lieblich Gedeckt 65
    4' Violina	      	 68       8' Aeoline	      65
    2' Flageolet         61       8' Violes Célestes  130 2rks
    8' Clarinet	         68       4' Flauto Amabile   65
       Tremolo                    8' Musette	      65
       Sub                        8' Vox Humana       65
       Super                         Tremolo
       Chimes            EC          Sub
                                     Super
       SOLO (enclosed with Choir)    Cathedral Chimes 32       
    8' Stentorphone      68         
    8' Gross Flöte       68          PEDAL   
    8' Erzähler		 68      32' Double Open      5   7 acoustic 
    8' Viole d'Orchestre 68      16' Open Diapason    32    
    4' Traverse Flute    68      16' Bourdon          30 
    2' Harmonic Piccolo  61      16' Violone          30     
    8' Tuba              68      16' Bourdon          30  Echo 
    8' Orchestral Oboe   68      16' Gedeckt          SW
    8' Cor Anglais	 68       8' Flute            12    
       Tremolo                    8' Bourdon          12
       Sub                        8' Violoncello      12
       Super                     16' Trombone         30
       Chimes	         EC       8' Trumpet          12
       Celesta           49


 [Received from The Zach 2012-02-19.]

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