First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
70 West Street
Brantford, ON, CA
Images
2021-11-25 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by Colin Cousins/Colin Cousins)
2021-11-16 - Organ grilles and baptistry (Photograph by Roger Bayley , submitted by Colin Cousins/Colin Cousins)
2021-11-16 - Right stop jamb (Photograph by Roger Bayley /Colin Cousins)
2021-11-16 - Left stop jamb (Photograph by Roger Bayley , submitted by Colin Cousins/Colin Cousins)
2021-11-16 - Console at the front of the church. The pipework is installed behind the grilles (Photograph by Roger Bayley , submitted by Colin Cousins/Colin Cousins)
2021-11-08 - Console (Photograph by Roger Bayley , submitted by Colin Cousins/Colin Cousins)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- 4 manuals
- 65 stops
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
Notes
2013-05-03 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ.
Identified by John Speller, using information found in Brochure issued by the Franklin Legge Organ Company Ltd., Toronto, c. 1930.
-- The brochure is available online at: http://ia600709.us.archive.org/6/items/cfranklinleggeor00toro/cfranklinleggeor00toro.pdf -Database Manager
2013-05-05 - Updated through online information from John Speller. -Database Manager
2021-11-16 - Per a note from Colin Cousins on November 15, 2021, the Echo organ is inoperative due to water damage. -Brad Engelland
2022-06-26 - Franklin Legge company added about 12 new ranks and a four manual console in 1936, using all of the previous Karn organ. -Colin Cousins
2023-01-18 - According to *The Brantford Expositor* of March 28, 1936, the instrument was dedicated in recital by the church's organist and choirmaster, Frederic Lord, who also designed the instrument. According to the article the organ contained 3,394 pipes. -Andrew Henderson
2023-10-27 - The C. Franklin Legge Organ was a rebuild of the existing Karn-Warren Organ of 1911, which itself included pipework and components from the original Bell Piano & Organ Co. instrument of 1892. From *The Expositor* (January 14, 1922) describing the Karn-Warren Organ: "In 1888, realizing the desirability of beautifying the choral music of the church, Mr. John Harris donated a two-manual organ built by the Bell Company, of Guelph. This instrument was noted for its particularly sweet tone. In 1911, largely due to the generous efforts of Mr. George S. Matthews, the present splendid organ was installed. On this occasion, however, it was decided to retain the pipes of the original instrument on account of their tuneful and pleasing qualities. They were accordingly included. The present instrument was made by the Karn-Warren Company, of Woodstock. It is a three-manual organ and has 39 stops. It includes a set of 20 tubular chimes presented by the family of the late Mr. John Harris." And from *The Expositor* (December 1, 1923): "There are 17 couplers, tubular pneumatic action, electric motor, swell and choir organs in swell box, crescendo pedal, full organ pedal, thumb pistons, interchangeable to manuals and pedals." -Andrew Henderson
Stoplist
Source: Taken from console November 25, 2021
Great Double Open Diapason 16, 1st Open Diapason 8, 2nd Open Diapason 8, Doppelflute 8, Stopped Diapason 8, Dolce 8, Principal 4, Waldflute 4, Twelfth 2-2/3, Fifteenth 2, Tromba 8, Great Super, Chimes (20 notes, a - e)
Solo Gross Flute 8, Gamba 8, Lieblich Gedeckt 8, Harmonic Flute 4, Orchestral Oboe 8, Tuba 8 (in Solo swell box), Tremulant, Solo Suboctave, Solo Superoctave, Harp (49 metal bars G - g)
Swell Bourdon 16, Open Diapason 8, Stopped Diapason 8, Viola da Gamba 8, Voix Celeste 8, Aeoline 8, Gemshorn 4, Traverse Flute 4, Flautina 2, Dolce Mixture III, Vox Humana 8, Cornopean 8, Oboe 8, Clarion 4, Tremulant, Swell Suboctave, Swell Superoctave, Harp, Chimes
Choir Contra Dulciana 16, Geigen Principal 8, Viol D'Orch 8, Melodia 8, Dulciana 8, Harmonic Flute 4, Piccolo 2, Clarinet 8, Tremulant, Choir Suboctave, Choir Superoctave, Harp
Pedal Contre Bourdon 32, Wood Open Diapason 16, Metal Open Diapason 16 (From Great), Violone 16, Bourdon 16 (ext. 32), Lieblich Bourdon 16 (From Swell), Dulciana 16 (From Choir), Bass Flute 8 (ext. Open Wood), Cello 8 (ext. Violone), Dolce Flute 8 (ext. Bourdon), Kleine Flute 4 (ext. Bourdon), Berry Bombarde 32 (12 notes electronic, with 16 Trombone, named for a choir member), Contra Fagotto 32, Trombone 16, Contra Fagotto 16, Tromba 8 (ext. Trombone), Pedal Superoctave
Echo (Damaged by water decades ago, and no longer functioning) Pedal Gedeckt 16, Quintadena 8, Echo Gamba 8, Unda Maris 8, Gemshorn 4, Contra Fagotto 16, Tremulant, Echo Sub to Solo, Echo to Solo, Echo Super to Solo, Chimes
Couplers (A full complement of couplers, unison, suboctave and superoctave, as can be seen above the Solo manual) Pedal Pistons to Swell, Pedal Pistons to Great, All Swells to Swell, Great to Pedal toe stud
Combination action Great 1 - 4, Swell 1 - 4, Choir 1 - 4, Solo 1 - 3, Pedal 1 - 4 (Toe studs), General 1 - 4 (Pistons and toe studs), Full Organ toe stud
Swell pedals (Echo (non-functioning), Solo, Choir, Swell, Cresendo)
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