Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1455 (1932)

Fifth Avenue United Church: Sanctuary; front
476 Fourth Street SE
Medicine Hat, AB, CA

Images

2021-03-23 - Facade (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2021-12-22 - Chancel and organ (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2017-12-28 - Sanctuary interior with organ in front (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

1930's - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
24 stops
27 registers
40 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 (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

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

2017-05-07 - Updated through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. -Database Manager

2013-08-21 - Updated through online information from William A. Gaskarth. -- Had an opportunity to play the instrument in the 1980's. The organ was in the care of D. Stuart Kennedy at the time. From what I can recollected this instrument is original and is tonally unaltered. The organ is of large scale - typical for this period. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives Date not recorded

   Medicine Hat, Alberta
   Fifth Avenue United Church

   Casavant   Op. 1455   1932   3/24
   _______________________________________________

   GREAT                       SWELL

8' Open Diapason    68     16' Bourdon          68
8' Violin Diapason  68      8' Open Diapason    68
8' Hohlflöte        68      8' Stopped Diapason 68
8' Gemshorn         68      8' Viola di Gamba   68
4' Octave           68      8' Voix Celeste     61
4' Harmonic Flute   68      8' Aeoline          68
   Sub                      4' Flauto Traverso  68
   Super                    2' Flautino         61
                            8' Cornopean        68
   CHOIR                    8' Oboe             68
                            8' Vox Humana       68
8' Geigen Principal 68         Tremulant
8' Melodia          68         Sub
8' Dulciana         68         Super
4' Lieblich Flute   68
8' Clarinet         68         PEDAL
   Tremulant
   Sub                     16' Open Diapason    32
   Super                   16' Bourdon          32
                           16' Gedeckt          SW
                            8' Octave           12
                            8' Stopped Flute    12

     [Received from Jeff Scofield July 29, 2019]