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Casavant Opus opus752 (1918)

Knox's Galt Presbyterian Church
2 Grand Avenue South
Cambridge, ON, CA

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


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2017-09-16 - Five facade pipes from the destroyed Casavant organ are used for decorative case. The new organ is a 4-manual Allen digital. (Photograph by Paul A. Walrath/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2014-09-06 - Identified through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. The cost was $ 11,125.00. -Database Manager

2018-06-21 - The town of Galt became part of Cambridge in 1974; the organ was releathered by Casavant in 1985. -Database Manager

2018-11-20 - Updated by Paul A. Walrath, naming this as the source of information: Cambridge Times, April 1991. <br> <br>On April 16, 1989, arsonists started a fire that destroyed the church\'s annex/office wing. The main body of the church was saved, but the organ was destroyed.<br>http://www.knoxgalt.org/history.html<br><br>The church rebuilt the annex and opened in April 1991. The pipe organ was replaced with a 4-manual Allen digital organ. Five of the facade pipes from the original Casavant remain in the casework.<br>https://www.cambridgetimes.ca/opinion-story/3360398-1990-knox-church-service-after-fire/ -Database Manager

2019-01-06 - Updated by rené Le Grand <br> <br>The opus number should be 752 according to the CASAVANT stoplist you provide. -Database Manager


Stoplist

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

     Cambridge, Ontario
     Knox's Galt Presbyterian Church

     Casavant   Op. 752   1918   4/44
     _________________________________________________

     GREAT                        CHOIR

 16' Dbl Open Diapason 68      8' Geigen Principal  68
  8' Open Diapason     68      8' Melodia           68
  8' Violin Diapason   68      8' Dulciana          68
  8' Hohlflöte         68      4' Waldflöte         68
  8' Dolce             68      2' Flageolet         61
  4' Octave            68      8' Clarinet          68
  4' Harmonic Flute    68         Tremulant
  4' Gemshorn          68         Sub
  2' Fifteenth         68         Super
III  Mixture          204         Chimes to Choir
  8' Trumpet           68
  4' Trumpet           68         ECHO
     Sub
     Super                     8' Cor de Nuit       68
     Chimes            25      8' Viole             68
                               8' Viole Celeste     68
     SWELL                     8' Salicional        68
                               4' Rohrflöte         68
 16' Bourdon           68      8' Orchestral Oboe   68
  8' Open Diapason     68         Tremulant
  8' Stopped Diapason  68         Sub
  8' Viola di Gamba    68         Super
  8' Voix Celeste      56     16' Pedal Bourdon     30
  8' Aeoline           68
  4' Flauto Traverso   68         PEDAL
  2' Piccolo           61
III  Dolce Cornet     204     16' Open Diapason     30
  8' Cornopean         68     16' Bourdon           30
  8' Oboe              68     16' Gedeckt           SW
  8' Vox Humana        68      8' Octave            12
     Tremulant                 8' Stopped Flute     12
     Sub                      16' Trombone          30
     Super
     Chimes to Swell

        [Received from Jeff Scofield Nune 21, 2018]

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