Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Opus 890 (1921)

St. Mary the Virgin Anglican Church (Oak Bay)
1701 Elgin Road
Victoria, BC, CA

Images

2022-07-20 - Pipework (Photograph by Alex Minshull/Alex Minshull)

2022-07-20 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by Alex Minshull/Alex Minshull)

2022-07-20 - Console (Photograph by Alex Minshull/Alex Minshull)

2022-07-20 - Great stop tabs (Photograph by Alex Minshull/Alex Minshull)

2022-07-20 - Swell stop tabs (Photograph by Alex Minshull/Alex Minshull)

2022-07-20 - Pedal stop tabs (Photograph by Alex Minshull/Alex Minshull)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
12 stops
14 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes

Notes

2014-09-05 - Identified through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. -Database Manager

2018-12-03 - New pipework (17 ranks) and parts supplied by Casavant 1985-86. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist courtesy of the Casavant Freres Archives Date not recorded

   Oak Bay, Victoria, British Columbia
   St. Mary the Virgin Anglican Church

   Casavant   Op. 890   1921   2/12
   ____________________________________________________________________

   GREAT                    SWELL                       PEDAL

8' Open Diapason  61     8' Open Diapason    73     16' Bouron       30
8' Melodia        61     8' Stopped Diapasom 73     16' Echo Bourdon **
8' Dulciana       61     8' Gamba            73      8' Flute        12
4' Principal      61     8' Voix Celeste     61
4' Harmonic Flute 61     4' Geigen Principal 73     **  Bourdon on
   Tremulant             8' Closed Horn      73         soft wind
                            Tremulant
                            Sub
                            Super

                       ADDITIONS BY CONTRACT DATE

18 Feb 1985 - Great Principal 8', new pipes
              Pedal Principal 8', ext. to 4', 44 new pipes
11 Sep 1985 - Grand Choeur Bourdon 8' (13-61), 49 new metal pipes
              Grand Choeur Prestant 4', 61 pipes
              Grand Choeur Flute 2', 61 pipes
              Grand Choeur Cornet II, 122 pipes
              Grand Choeur Mixture IV, 244 pipes
              Récit Trumpet 8' = existing Closed Horn 8', revoiced
                 with new Dom Bedos shallots and new tongues.  All
                 caps will be removed and CC resonator will be new.
                 Existing CC resonator will become CC#. The 
                 resonators will be cut dead-length.
13 Jan 1986 - Récit Mixture III 1' pitch, 183 new pipes
              Récit Quinte 1-1/3', 61 new pipes
              Récit Douçaine 16', 61 new pipes
              Pédale Bombarde 16', 1-12 L/2, 32 new pipes
                 with unit chests and related accessories

              [Received from Jeff Scofield December 3, 2018]