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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 242 (1905)

Brant Avenue Methodist Church
137 Brant Ave.
Brantford, ON, CA

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Notes

2014-09-05 - Identified through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. The cost was $ 5,090.00. -Database Manager

2017-01-07 - This was a rebuild and tonal changes for an existing instrument; rebuilt as 3/33 in 1948 as Casavant Op. 1934; destroyed by fire April 20, 1963; merged with Zion Congregational in 1995 to become St. Andrew's United Church and the Brant Avenue church was eventually turned into apartments; St. Andrew's now has a 3-manual 1927 Casavant that was originally installed in First United Church, St.. Catherines, Ontario. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives Source: Copied from the factory specifications dated June 30, 1905 Date not recorded

       Brantford, Ontario
       Brant Avenue Methodist Church

       Casavant  Op. 242   1905   3/31
       __________________________________________________

       GREAT                         SWELL

    8' Open Diapason   65        16' Bourdon           61
    8' Violin Diapason 65 *       8' Open Diapason     61 a
    8' Doppel Flute    65 *       8' Stopped Diapason  61
    8' Salicional      65 *       8' Viola di Gamba    61 *
    4' Octave          65         8' Voix Celeste      49
    4' Harmonic Flute  65 *       8' Dolcissimo        61 a
2 2/3' Twelfth         65         4' Traverse Flute    61
    2' Twelfth         65         2' Piccolo           61 *
    8' Trumpet         65 a     III  Dolce Cornet     183 *
       Super                      8' Cornopean         61 *
                                  8' Oboe              61
       CHOIR                      8' Vox Humana        61 *
                                     Tremulant
    8' Gegien Diapason 61 *          Sub
    8' Melodia         61            Super
    8' Dulciana        61
    4' Dolce Flute     61 *          PEDAL
    2' Flageolet       61 *
    8' Clarinet        61 *      16' Double Open       30 b
       Tremulant                 16' Bourdon           30 b
       Sub                       16' Gedact            SW
       Super                      8' Bass Flute (DblO) 12 a
                                  8' Bourdon           12 a
    *  new
    a  12 new pipes

          [Received from Jeff Scofield January 8, 2017

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