Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Opus 1387 (1930)

Dundas Street Centre United Church
858 Dundas Street
London, ON, CA

Images

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph by ERA Architects, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018 - Church interior and organ case (Photograph by Jaselyn Beckman, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
36 stops
42 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: 32 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
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2014-09-08 - Identified through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. -Database Manager

2019-07-17 - Existing case and display pipes reused; 22 new or replacement ranks added by Casavant in 1985. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       London, Ontario
       Dundas Street Centre United Church

       Casavant    Op. 1387   1930   3/38
       __________________________________________________

       GREAT                         SWELL

    8' Open Diapason I    68     16' Bourdon           68
    8' Open Diapason II   68      8' Open Diapason     68
    8' Hohlflöte          68      8' Stopped Diapason  68
    8' Gamba              68      8' Viola di Gamba    68
    8' Gemshorn           68      8' Voix Céleste      61
    4' Principal          68      8' AEoline           68
    4' Harmonic Flute     68      4' Violina           68
2 2/3' Twelfth            68      4' Flauto Traverso   68
    2' Fifteenth          61      2' Flautino          61
       Sub                      III  Mixture          204
       Super                     16' Bassoon           68
    8' Tuba               CH      8' Cornopean         68
       Chimes             SW      8' Oboe              68
       Harp               CH      8' Vox Humana        68
       Harp Sub           CH         Tremulant
                                     Sub
       CHOIR                         Unison Off
                                     Super
    8' Violin Diapason    68      8' Tuba              CH
    8' Melodia            68         Chimes (existing) 25
    8' Viole d'Orchestre  68         Harp              CH
    8' Dulciana           68         Harp Sub          CH
    4' Flute d'Amour      68
2 2/3' Nazard             68         PEDAL
    2' Piccolo            61
    8' Clarinet           68     32' Resultant         12 *
       Tremulant                 16' Open Diapason     32
    8' Tuba    10"        68     16' Bourdon           32
       Sub                       16' Violone           32
       Unison Off                16' Gedeckt           SW
       Super                      8' Octave            12
       Chimes             SW      8' Stopped Flute     12
       Harp               61      8' Cello             12
       Harp Sub                  16' Trombone          32
                                 16' Bassoon           SW
    *  independent quints            Chimes            SW

       1985 new pipework:

   GT  8' Bourdon 13-68 new metal pipes
       II Cornet tc, new pipes
       IV Mixture 1 1/3', new pipes
       8' Trumpet, new pipes, Cavaillé-Coll shallots
   SW  4' Spire Flute, new metal pipes
       IV Mixture, new pipes
   CH  4' Clear Flute, new metal pipes
       1 3/5' Tierce, new pipes
       III Sharp Mixture, new pipes
       8' Tuba, revoice with new tongues and existing
                shallots opened
   PD  16' Contra Bass, 3 new pipes (1-3)
       IV  Mixture 2 2/3', new pipes
       16' Trombone, revoice with new tongues

          [Received from Jeff Scofield July 17, 2019]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON November 1930 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield