Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Opus 819 (1920)

First United [orig. Methodist] Church
King Street & Wellington Street
Hamilton, ON, CA

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

Images

December 1959 - Christmas concert in 1959 by Dutch organist Feike Asma and ‘The Netherlands Choral Society’ (Photograph by Unknown, submitted by Andrew Knevel/Andrew Knevel)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
54 stops
60 registers
8 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped 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 thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons

Notes

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

2018-11-26 - Became First United Church in 1925; the 1500-seat sanctuary and organ were destroyed by fire on September 13, 1969; the congregation then merged with First Pilgrim United Church. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Hamilton, Ontario
    First Methodist (United) Church

    Casavant   Op. 819   1920   4/60
    ___________________________________________________

    GREAT                          SOLO (encl w/Choir)

16' Dbl Open Diapason  68 A     8' Stentorphone      68
 8' 1st Open Diapason  68 A     8' Grossflöte        68
 8' 2nd Open Diapason  68 A     8' Viole d'Orchestre 68
 8' Doppel Flute       68 A     8' Rohrflöte         68
 8' Harmonic Flute     61 G     4' Traverse Flute    68
 8' Salicional         61 G     8' Tuba              68
 8' Stopped Diapason   61 G     8' Cor Anglais       68
 4' Octave             68 A        Tremulant
 4' Wald Flute         68 A        Sub
 2' Super Octave       61 G        Unison Off
IV  Mixture           272 A        Super
 8' Trumpet            61 G
    G Sub                          PEDAL
    Unison Off
    A Super                    32' Double Open      res
                               16' Open Diapason     30
    SWELL                      16' Bourdon           30
                               16' Violone           30
16' Bourdon            68      16' Gedeckt           SW
 8' Open Diapason      68       8' Flute             12
 8' Stopped Diapason   68       8' Bourdon           12
 8' Viola di Gamba     68       8' Violoncello       12
 8' Voix Céleste       56      16' Trombone          30
 8' Aeoline            68
 4' Principal          68          ECHO GREAT
 4' Flauto Traverso    68
 2' Piccolo            61       8' Open Diapason     65
IV  Cornet            272       8' Stopped Diapason  65
 8' Cornopean          68       8' Dolce             65
 8' Oboe               68       4' Flute             65
 8' Vox Humana         68       8' Orchestral Oboe   65
    Tremulant                      Sub
    Sub                            Super
    Unison Off
    Super                          ECHO SWELL

    CHOIR                       8' Viole d'Orchestre 65
                                8' Viole Céleste     53
 8' Geigen Principal   68       8' Quintadena        65
 8' Melodia            68       4' Flute             65
 8' Viola              68       8' Vox Humana        65
 8' Dulciana           68          Tremulant
 4' Dolce Flute        68          Sub
 2' Flageolet          61          Super
 8' Clarinet           68
    Tremulant                      ECHO PEDAL
    Sub
    Unison Off                 16' Bourdon           30
    Super                       8' Gedeckt           12
    Harp               49

      [Received from Jeff Scofield November 26, 2018]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON June 1920 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield