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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1180 (1927)

First Church of Christ Scientist: Auditorium
1205 Pandora Avenue
Victoria, BC, CA

Images


Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: sidewalkingvictoria.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-08-20 - Original console (Photograph by Sandra Fletcher/Sandra Fletcher)

Consoles

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Notes

2014-09-05 - This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. -Database Manager

2022-10-03 - The 8' Trumpet is no longer on Great Division. Hugo Spilker removed the rank and relocated it to the Swell Division (expressive). Courtesy of Jason Barnsley the rank was revoiced and reinstalled after Spilker's installation. a Mixture III was also added to the Great division of the instrument making it III/29. Console shows opus number being Opus 1180. -Ryan Qu


Stoplist

Source: Stoplist courtesy of the Casavant Freres Archives Oct 3, 2022

     Victoria, British Columbia
     First Church of Christ, Scientist

     Casavant   Op. 1180   1927   3/26 (Revised)
     ______________________________________________

    GREAT                              SWELL (Expressive)
8'  Open Diapason      61          16' Bourdon            68
8'  Hohlflote          61          8'  Open Diapason      68
8'  Salicional         61          8'  Stopped Diapason   68
4'  Octave             61          8'  Viola di Gamba     68
4'  Harmonic Flute     61          8'  Voix Celeste       56
2'  Fifteenth          61          8'  Aeoline            68
III Mixture           183          4'  Principal          68
                                   III Dolce Cornet      204
                                   8'  Cornopean          68
                                   8'  Oboe               68
                                   8'  Trumpet            61
    CHOIR (Expressive)
8'  Violin Diapason    68              Tremulant
8'  Melodia            68
8'  Dulciana           68          Swell 16 to Swell
4'  Waldflote          68          Swell 4  to Swell
8'  Clarinet           68
    Tremulant
                                   PEDAL
Choir 16 to Choir                  16' Open Diapason      32
Choir 4  to Choir                  16' Bourdon            32
                                   16' Gedeckt      (SW)  --
                                   8'  Octave             12
                                   8'  Stopped Flute      12


    COUPLERS                           FINGER PISTONS
Swell 8 to Pedal                   Swell               1 - 4
Swell 4 to Pedal                     Swell to Pedal    (rev)
Great 8 to Pedal                     Swell to Great    (rev)
Choir 8 to Pedal                     Swell to Choir    (rev)
                                   Great               1 - 3
Swell 16 to Great                    Great to Pedal    (rev)
Swell 8 to Great                   Choir               1 & 2
Swell 4 to Great                     Choir to Pedal    (rev)
Choir 16 to Great                    Choir to Great    (rev)
Choir 8 to Great                   Pedal               1 & 2
Choir 4 to Great                   Setter
                                   General Cancel
Swell 16' to Choir
Swell 8 to Choir
Swell 4 to Choir                       TOE STUDS
                                   General             1 - 4
                                   Gt. to Ped.         (rev)
    PEDAL MOVEMENTS (l-r)          Full Organ          (rev)
Choir Expression   (bal.)
Swell Expression   (bal.)
Crescendo          (bal.)


[Received from Jeff Scofield; April 1, 2019]
[Augmented by James R. Stettner; October 3, 2022]

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