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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2708 (1962)

St. Simon the Apostle/St. Peter & St. Simon the Apostle Anglican Church
525 Bloor Street, East
Toronto, ON, CA

Images

2017-06-22 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018-12-24 - Church interior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2017-09-10 - Chancel, organ chamber and exposed pipes (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
37 stops
41 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 tutti toe pistons

Notes

2014-10-08 - Identified through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. The tonal director was Lawrence Phelps. -Database Manager

2021-01-14 - St. Peter's Anglican Church merged with St. Simon the Apostle in October 2016, using the St. Simon facility. -Jeff Scofield

2021-01-14 - Casavant supplied a new console in 1952 as Op. 2109, controlling 1911 Casavant Op. 462; the console was renovated and retained for Op. 2708; Casavant rebuilt the console in 1980. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives

       Toronto, Ontario
       St. Simon the Apostle Anglican Church

       Casavant   Op. 2708   1962   3/47
       _______________________________________________________

       GREAT                             SWELL

   16' Quintaton             61       8' Rohrflöte          61
    8' Principal             61       8' Salicional         61
    8' Bourdon               61       8' Voix Céleste       54
    8' Gemshorn              61       4' Geigen Octave      61
    4' Octave                61       4' Nachthorn          61
    4' Kleingedeckt          61   2 2/3' Nazat              61       
    2' Waldflöte             61       2' Blockflöte         61
   II  Quartan              122     III  Plein Jeu  1'     183        
   IV  Fourniture  1 1/3'   244      16' Basson    L/2      61
       Unison Off                     8' Trompette          61
       Super                          4' Clairon            61
    8' Trompette Harmonique  61          Tremulant
                                         Sub
       CHOIR                             Unison Off
                                         Super
    8' Gedeckt               61
    8' Klein Erzähler        61          PEDAL
    8' Erzähler Celeste      61
    4' Koppelflöte           61      16' Contrebasse        32
    2' Lieblich Principal    61      16' Subbass            32
1 1/3' Quintflöte            61      16' Quintaton          GT
   II  Sesquialtera         122      16' Erzähler        CH 12
    8' Krummorn              61       8' Geigen Principal   32
       Tremulant                      8' Rohrgedeckt        32
    8' Trompette Harmonique  GT       4' Choralbass         32
       Sub                            2' Italian Principal  32
       Unison Off                    IV  Fourniture 2 2/3' 128
       Super                         16' Bombarde           32
                                     16' Basson             SW

            [Received from Jeff Scofield January 14, 2021]

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