Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 485 (1912)

Chalmers Presbyterian Church / Holy Trinity Anglican Church
12th Ave. & Hemlock St.
Vancouver, BC, CA

Images

Unknown - Organ facade, 1960s. (Photograph by William J. Bunch/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console, 1960s. (Photograph by William J. Bunch/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
33 stops
37 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2014-02-21 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by James R. Stettner, based on information from Photograph of the organ & Casavant opus list. -- -Database Manager

2014-02-25 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- There is no longer a Chalmers United Church in Vancouver, and the congregation's records are in the United Churches of Canada archive. The disposition of the building and organ are not known at this time. -Database Manager

2015-08-01 - Updated through online information from Mike Pijl. -- The usage of the sanctuary has been reversed when it changed from Presbyterian to Anglican. -Database Manager

2016-04-30 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2020-04-09 - Holy Trinity Anglican Church moved from their old location to Chalmers Presbyterian on April 12, 1993. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist courtesy of the Casavant FrÃ¨res Archives Date not recorded

     Vancouver, British Columbia
     Chalmers Presbyterian Church

     Casavant   Op. 485   1912   3/37
     _________________________________________________

     GREAT                         SWELL

 16' Dbl Open Diapason 53 *     8' Open Diapason    65
  8' Open Diapason     65       8' Melodia          65
  8' Violin Diapason   65       8' Dulciana         65
  8' Doppelflöte       65       4' Waldflöte        65
  8' Salicional        65       2' Piccolo          61
  4' Octave            65       8' Clarinet         65
  4' Harmonic Flute    65          Tremulant
  2' Super Octave      61          Sub
III  Mixture          195          Super
  8' Trumpet           65          Chimes to Choir
     Super
     Chimes to Great               ECHO

     SWELL                         Blank
                                   Blank
 16' Bourdon           65          Blank
  8' Open Diapason     65          Blank
  8' Stopped Diapason  65          Blank
  8' Gross Flute       65          Blank
  8' Viola di Gamba    65          Blank
  8' Voix Céleste      49
  8' Aeoline           65          PEDAL
  4' Harmonic Flute    65
  2' Flautino          61      16' Open Diapason    30
III  Dolce Cornet     195      16' Bourdon          30
  8' Cornopean         65      16' Violone          30
  8' Oboe              65      16' Gedeckt          SW
  8' Vox Humana        65       8' Bass Flute (OpD) 12
     Tremulant                  8' Stopped Diapason 12
     Sub                        8' Cello            12
     Super                     16' Trombone         30
     Chimes to Swell

  *  1-12 Pedal

      [Received from Jeff Scofield December 20, 2017]

Websites

Organ - Description and picture of facade. (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)