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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1048 (1924)

Christ's Church Cathedral, Anglican: Sanctuary; front
252 James Street North
Hamilton, ON, CA

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
46 stops
51 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop 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

2019-01-18 - Rebuild, tonal changes and new console by Casavant in 1962 as 3/64 - 20 new ranks installed; additional mechanical work done 1987-89; tonal changes to the Choir division by Alan T. Jackson in 1998; now 3/66. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Hamilton, Ontario
       Christ Church Cathedral, Anglican

       Casavant   Op. 1048   1924   3/54
       ___________________________________________________

       GREAT                          SWELL

   16' Dbl Open Diapason  68      16' Bourdon           68
    8' 1st Open Diapason  68 *     8' Open Diapason     68
    8' 2nd Open Diapason  68       8' Stopped Diapason  68
    8' Gamba              68       8' Salicional        68
    8' Hohl Flute         68 *     8' Voix Céleste      49 *
    8' Gemshorn           68 *     8' Quintadena        68
    4' Octave             68       8' Aeoline           68 *
    4' Harmonic Flute     68       8' Gamba (soft)      68 *
2 2/3' Twelfth            68       4' Fugara            68
    2' Super Octave       61       4' Flauto Traverso   68
   IV  Mixture           340 a     2' Flautina          61
   16' Double Trumpet     68 *     V  Echo Cornet      340 *
    8' Trumpet            68     III  Mixture          272 b
    4' Clarion            68 *    16' Fagotto           68 *
       Super                       8' Cornopean         68
                                   8' Oboe              68
       CHOIR                       8' Vox Humana        68 *
                                      Tremulant
    8' Open Diapason      68 *        Sub
    8' Gedeckt            68 *        Super
    8' Melodia            68 
    8' Dulciana           68          PEDAL
    8' Unda Maris         68 *
    8' Viole d'Orchestre  68 *    32' Resultant         12 c/*
    4' Flute d'Amour      68 *    16' Open Diapason     30
    2' Harmonic Piccolo   61 *    16' Open Diapason     GT
    8' Clarinet           68      16' Bourdon           30
    8' Cor Anglais        68 *    16' Violone           30 *
       Tremulant                  16' Gedeckt           SW
       Sub                         8' Flute (Open Dia)  12 *
       Super                       8' Violoncello       12
                                   8' Stopped Diapason  SW
                                  16' Trombone          30 *

    a  The spec says it is a IV rank Mixture with 340 pipes;
       so the typo means it really is V or has 272 pipes
    b  The spec says it is a III Mixture with 272 pipes; so
       the typo means it really is a IV or has 204 pipes
    c  Independent quint pipes at 10 2/3'
    *  new

          [Received from Jeff Scofield January 18, 2019]

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