2014-07-15 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Andrew Henderson, using information found in Copy of organ contract located in church archives.. -- Contract signed January 17, 1912; installation was to be completed by December 25, 1912. Cost of organ: $8,000 Cad. The firm went by various names over time due to mergers and restructuring: D.W. Karn; Karn-Warren; Karn-Morris (as of 1909); and Woodstock Organ Co. The organ replaced an E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings Organ (see OHS Database ID 16051), which was moved to St. Barnabus Anglican Church, St. Catharines, ON, and eventually rebuilt.<br>This instrument was rebuilt by Casavant Freres in 1950 as their Opus 2024, retaining the organ cases and much of the pipework. The Echo organ was removed at that time, though the casework still remains. -Database Manager
2014-07-17 - Updated through online information from Andrew Henderson. -Database Manager
Stoplist taken from contract. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
St. Catharines, Ontario
St. George's Anglican Church
Karn-Morris Piano & Organ Co., 1912
GREAT ORGAN (3 1/2", except where noted)
16 Double Open Diapason (56 pipes, tc?)
8 Open Diapason (68) (7", "very large scale with leathered lips")
8 Open Diapason (68)
8 Doppel Flote (68)
8 Salicional (68)
4 Principal (68)
4 Wald Flote (68)
2 Fifteenth (61)
8 Trumpet (68) (7") ("harmonic treble")
SWELL ORGAN (4", except where noted)
16 Bourdon (68)
8 Open Diapason (68)
8 Stopped Diapason (68)
8 Viol di Gamba (68)
8 Voix Celeste (68)
8 Aeoline (68)
4 Flauto Traverso (68)
2 Flautina (61)
III Mixture (183)
8 Cornopean (68) (7") ("harmonic treble")
8 Orchestral Oboe (68)
8 Cor Anglais (68) ("striking reed")
Tremolo
CHOIR ORGAN (3 1/2")
8 Geigen Principal (68)
8 Melodia (68)
8 Viol d'Orchestre (68)
8 Dulciana (68)
4 Harmonic Flute (68)
2 Piccolo (61)
8 Clarinet (68)
Tremolo
ECHO ORGAN (3 1/2")
8 Gedact (68)
8 Dolcissimo (56, lower octave from Gedact)
4 Flauto Amabile (68)
8 Vox Humana (68)
Tremolo
Chimes (20 notes, A to E)
PEDAL ORGAN
16 Open Diapason (30)
16 Bourdon (30)
16 Liebich Gedeckt (Sw)
8 Flute (from Open Diapason) (12)
16 Trombone (30) (7")
TABLET COUPLERS
Swell to Great 16 - 8 - 4
Choir to Great 16 - 8 - 4
Swell to Choir 16 - 8 - 4
Swell 16, 4
Choir 16, 4
Great 4
Swell, Great & Choir 8 "Unison Silent"
COUPLERS PLACED WITH GREAT ORGAN DRAWSTOPS
Cornopean to Great 16 - 8 - 4 ("by means of these couplers the Cornopean of the Swell may be played from the Great without interfering with the rest of the Swell.)
Echo to Great
COUPLERS PLACED WITH CHOIR DRAWSTOPS
Echo to Choir
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