2014-06-08 - Organ relocated without any change. Identified by T. Daniel Hancock, using information found in <em>The American Organist</em>, April 2014. -- According to The American Organist, Vol. 48, No. 4 [April 2014], "The chamber organ was made by England & Son Organ Builders of London, England, in 1790. The instrument was originally the property of Sir William Bagshawe, MD, of Sheffield, England, who was a friend of Franz Joseph Haydn, who frequently composed and played for the instrument. It was brought to Canada and restored in the Cathedral to mark the bicentennial of the Cathedral in 2004. It is a rare surviving example of a late 18th-century English chamber organ still in use today." -Database Manager
stop list taken from church publication September 2015. Was invited to play the organ during a visit to the church. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Cathedral of the Holy Trinity England & Sons, London, England 1790 Restored and rebuilt by Wolff and Associates 2004 Specifications (Manual - there are no pedals) Stop. Diapason 8 (bass & treble) Open Diapason 8 (from tenor c) Dulciano 8 (from middle C) Principal 4 (bass & treble) Fifteenth 2 Sesquialtera III (bass) and Cornet III (treble) Hautbois 8 (from middle C, in its own "nag's head" swell box) Hand and foot pumping. (also an electric blower) Pedal for the swell box, Pedal for the "Shifting movement" which takes off all but the 8 foot stops. modifications: 1837 Alexander Buckingham added a new, larger reservoir with parallel folds, extending the case at the back Wolff added an electric blower, although the organ can still be pumped by hand. Aside from these modifications the organ is in original condition and its original temperament and voicing are intact. The organ works perfectly and according to the church is used every Sunday. [Received from Rick England 2015-10-01.]
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