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Edward Lye & Sons (1893)

Trinity Methodist Church
Pine Street
Thorold, ON, CA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


Images


Unknown - Choir Loft and Organ Case, 1894 (Photograph in personal collection; image courtesy of Andrew Henderson/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2014-07-15 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Andrew Henderson, using information found in The Thorold Post, June 16, 1893. -- Organ replaced in 1929 by a new Woodstock Organ. -Database Manager

2014-07-17 - Updated through online information from Andrew Henderson. -- Information and stoplist found in The Thorold Post, June 16, 1893. The organ had a facade of 33 speaking pipes. The cost of the organ was $1,500.00 Cad. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist also published in The Thorold Post, June 16, 1893. Source: Stoplist taken from the contract February 10, 1893

Thorold, Ontario
Trinity Methodist Church

Edward Lye & Sons Organ, 1893

GREAT ORGAN

8    Open Diapason, metal, 58 pipes
8    Clarabella, wood, 58 pipes
8    Dulciana, metal, 58 pipes
4    Principal, metal, 58 pipes
4    Harmonic Flute, wood & metal, 58 pipes
2    Fifteenth, metal, 58 pipes

SWELL ORGAN

16   Bourdon, wood, 46 pipes (TC)
8    Open Diapason, metal, 58 pipes
8    Stopped Diapason, wood, 58 pipes 
8    Salicional, metal, 58 pipes
4    Octave, metal, 58 pipes
4    Traverse Flute, wood, 58 pipes
2    Piccolo, metal, 58 pipes
II   Mixture, metal, 116 pipes
8    Cornopean, metal, 46 pipes (TC)
8    Oboe & Bassoon, metal, 58 pipes

PEDAL ORGAN

16   Bourdon, wood, 27 pipes
8    Bass Flute, wood, 27 pipes

ACCESSORIES:

Swell to Great drawknob
Swell to Pedal drawknob
Great to Pedal drawknob
Bellow Signal (drawknob)
Tremolo to Swell (adjustable pedal)
Swell Expression 
Great Forte and Great Piano adjustable pedals


 [Received from Andrew Henderson 2014-07-17.]

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