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Casavant Opus 1010 (1923)

St. Andrew's Presbyterian (United) Church
85 William Street South
Chatham, ON, CA

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
35 stops
43 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2014-09-06 - Identified through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. -Database Manager

2019-01-06 - Became St. Andrew's United Church upon church union in 1925; the console is now moveable. -Database Manager

2023-02-22 - St. Andrew's signed a contract with Casavant Freres for $13,980 on May 21, 1923 to re-build the existing 3-manual D. W. Karn organ (installed in 1902) and provide new action, a new console, a new blower and additional stops. Source: *St. Andrew's United Church, Chatham, Ontario, 1834-1984*, pg. 24. -Ian Mason

2023-02-22 - Casavant Opus 1010 was dedicated in the morning worship service on Sunday, December 23, 1923. After the evening worship service, the church's newly appointed and newly arrived organist from England, Prof. H. Matthias Turton, played the opening recital. "The church . . . has installed a new organ of a type that is uncommon in this section of the province." Source: *Chatham Daily News* [Chatham, Ontario], Saturday, December 22, 1923, pg. 1. -Ian Mason

Stoplist

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

     Chatham, Ontario
     St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

     Casavant   Op. 1010   1923   3/40
     _________________________________________________

     GREAT                        CHOIR

 16' Dbl Open Diapason 68      8' Gemshorn          68
  8' Open Diapason     68      8' Melodia           68
  8' Doppelflöte       68      8' Viole d'Orchestre 68 *
  8' Dulciana          68      4' Harmonic Flute    68
  4' Principal         68      2' Piccolo           61 *
  4' Waldflöte         68      8' Clarinet          68
  2' Fifteenth         61 *    8' Cor Anglais       68 *
III  Mixture          204 *       Tremulant            *
  8' Tuba              61 *       Sub
     Super                        Super
     Chimes            SW         Chimes            SW
     Harp              CH         Harp              49 *
                                  Harp Sub             *
     SWELL
                                  PEDAL
 16' Bourdon           68 *
  8' Open Diapason     68     32' Double Open      res *
  8' Stopped Diapason  68     16' Open Diapason     30
  8' Viola di Gamba    68     16' Open Diapason     GT
  8' Voix Céleste      56 *   16' Bourdon           30
  8' Aeoline           68     16' Gedeckt           SW
  4' Octave Geigen     68 *    8' Octave            12 *
  4' Flauto Traverso   68      8' Cello             30 *
  2' Flageolet         61 *    8' Stopped Flute     12 *
 IV  Dolce Cornet     272 *   16' Trombone          30 *
 16' Wald Horn         68 *       Chimes            SW
  8' Horn              68
  8' Oboe              68      *  new
  8' Vox Humana        68 *
  4' Clarion           68 *
     Tremulant            *
     Sub
     Super
     Chimes            25 *
     Harp              CH

       [Received from Jeff Scofield January 6, 2019]

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