Better Pipe Organ Database

Casavant Opus 1677 (1941)

Hulse & English Funeral Home
75 Church Street
St. Catharines, ON, CA

Images

2019-07-16 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Andrew Henderson/Database Manager)

2019-07-16 - Chapel Interior (Photograph by Andrew Henderson/Database Manager)

2019-07-16 - Casework (Photograph by Andrew Henderson/Database Manager)

2019-07-16 - Console (Photograph by Andrew Henderson/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
22 stops
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: None

Notes

2014-09-14 - Identified through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. The tonal director was Stephen Stoot. -Database Manager

2019-07-24 - Updated by Andrew Henderson, who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br> -Database Manager

Stoplist

Original document from Andrew Henderson. Source: Stoplist taken from the console 2019-07-23

St. Catharines, ON
Hulse & English Funeral Home

Organ by Casavant Frères, Op. 1677 (1941)

MANUAL I

16     Bourdon (TC)     A
8      Viola da Gamba   B *
8      Rohr Flote       A
8      Dulciana         C **
4      Violina          B
4      Lieblich Flote   A
4      Dulcet           C
2 2/3  Nazard           C (top 7 notes break back)
2      Piccolo          A 
1 3/5  Tierce           C (top 16 notes break back)
Chimes (20 tubes, a-f2)

MANUAL II

8      Viola da Gamba   B *
8      Rohr Flote       A
8      Dulciana         C **
4      Violina          B
4      Lieblich Flote   A
4      Dulcet           C
2      Super Octave     C (top octave breaks back)
8      Oboe             A ***
Tremulant

PEDAL

16     Bourdon          A
8      Gedeckt          A
4      Flute            A
4      Violina          B

ANALYSIS

A      16     Bourdon         97 pipes
B      4      Viola da Gamba  61 pipes
C      4      Dulciana        61 pipes

* - bottom octave draws from Rohr Flote at 8' + 4' pitch
** - bottom octave draws from Rohr Flote at 8' pitch
*** - draws from Rohr Flote at 8', 4' & 2 2/3' pitch