Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 481C (2012)

Westminster United Church
745 Westminster Avenue
Winnipeg, MB, CA

Images

2012 - Console 2012 (Photograph by Don Menzies/Jeff Scofield)

2012 - Church interior, console and organ facade 2012 (Photograph by Don Menzies/Jeff Scofield)

2015-11-01 - Antiphonal 61 note En Chamade available on all four manuals (Photograph by Don Menzies/Database Manager)

Unknown - Watercolor of Church Exterior by W. Alban Marsden, 1914 (Photograph by Marilyn Thiessen, 2012, courtesy of Don Menzies/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
4 manuals
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has sequencer
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons

Notes

2013-05-16 - Rebuilt console for the existing organ. Identified by Don Menzies, based on personal knowledge of the organ. -- -Database Manager

2013-05-18 - Updated through online information from dmenzies. -Database Manager

2023-08-02 - The original organ was installed in 1912. In 1950, Casavant provided a new console and converted the original tubular-pneumatic action to electro-pneumatic action. Casavant rebuilt the 1950 console with solid-state systems in 2012, at which time they reinstated the Pedal Subbass 16’-8’ (using vintage pipes and windchest), added a new Pedal Contra Trombone 32’, revoiced the Pedal Trombone 16’, and borrowed the Great DOD 16’ to the Pedal at 16’, 8’ and 4’ pitches to create a principal chorus. Casavant added the Trompette en chamade 8’ in the back gallery in 2015. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives

       Winnipeg, Manitoba
       Westminster United Church

       Casavant   Op. 481   1912   4/52
       Casavant   Op. 2078  1950   4/52
       Casavant   Op. 481   1986   4/52
       Casavant   Op. 481   2012   4/52
       ________________________________________________________

       GREAT                            SWELL
   16' Dbl Open Diapason    65      16' Bourdon              65
    8' Open Diapason I      65       8' Geigen Principal     65
    8' Open Diapason II     65       8' Stopped Diapason     65
    8' Clarabella Flute     65       8' Viola da Gamba       65
    4' Principal            65       8' Voix Celeste      tc 53
    4' Harmonic Flute       65       4' Octave               65
2 2/3' Twelfth              65       4' Waldflute            65
    2' Fifteenth            65   2 2/3' Nazard               61
    2' Blockflute           65       2' Principal            61
   IV  Mixture  2 2/3'     244   1 3/5' Tierce               61
    8' Trumpet              65      IV  Mixture  1 1/3'     244
       Sub                          16' Contra Fagotto       65
       Unison Off                    8' Cornopean            65
       Super                         8' Oboe                 65
   16' Trompette en chamade tc a     4' Clarion              65
    8' Trompette en chamade 61          Tremulant
                                        Sub
       CHOIR                            Unison Off
    8' Melodia              65          Super
    8' Dulciana             65      16' Trompette en chamade tc
    8' Unda Maris           53       8' Trompette en chamade GT
    4' Gemshorn             65
    4' Traverse Flute       65          PEDAL
    2' Flageolet            61      32' Resultant            12 b
1 1/3' Quint Flute          61      16' Open Diapason        32
    8' Clarinet             65      16' Principal            GT
       Tremulant                    16' Bourdon              32
       Sub                          16' Violone              32
       Super                        16' Gedeckt              SW
    8' Trompette en chamade GT  10 2/3' Quint                 7
       Cymbbelstern                  8' Flute (OpenDiap)     12
                                     8' Principal            GT
       SOLO                          8' Bourdon               5
    8' Stentorphone         65       8' Cello                12
    8' Grosse Flute         65       4' Choral Bass          GT
    8' Cello                65      32' Contra Trombone L/2  12 c
    4' Violina              65      16' Trombone             32
    4' Orchestral Flute     65      16' Fagotto              SW
    2' Harmonic Piccolo     61       8' Tromba               12
    8' Tuba                 65       4' Fagotto              SW
    8' Orchestral Oboe      65
    8' Cor Anglais          65       a  added 2015
       Tremulant                     b  from Open Diapason and
       Sub                              12 independent quints
       Super                         c  added 2012
   16' Trompette en chamade tc
    8' Trompette en chamade GT

            [Received from Jeff Scofield August 2, 2023]

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