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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2397 (1957)

St. John's Presbyterian Church
504 Second Street, S.E.
Medicine Hat, AB, CA

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
16 stops
18 registers
3 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 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 $11,390.00. -Database Manager

2020-09-04 - This was a rebuild, tonal changes and new console for 1919 2/13 Casavant Op. 798; renovated in 1967 and 1983; there is now a curtain across the chamber opening. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives

    Medicine Hat, Alberta
    St. John's Presbyterian Church

    Casavant   Op. 798   1919   2/13
    Casavant   Op. 2397  1957   2/19
    ____________________________________________________________________

    GREAT                    SWELL                     PEDAL

 8' Open Diapason  65     8' Principal     b 58    16' Bourdon        32
 8' Rohr Flute     65     8' Bourdon         65     8' Spitzprincipal 32 *
 8' Gemshorn     a 53     8' Salicional      65     8' Bass Flute     12 *
 4' Octave         65     8' Erzähler        65     4' Choralbass     12 *
II  Rauschquinte  122 *   8' Erzähler Cel    53
    Super                 4' Flute couverte  65
                        III  Cornet       c 183 *
 a  1-12 Rohr Flute       8' Oboe            65
 b  1-7 Bourdon           8' Vox Humana      65
 c  12-15-17                 Tremulant
 *  new                      Sub
                             Super

              [Received from Jeff Scofield September 4, 2020]

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