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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1601 (1938)

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
75 Simcoe Street
Toronto, ON, CA

Note: Not playable. (in this location)


Images


2021-10-23 - Church exterior (Photograph by Maksim Sokolov, via Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-07-09 - Builder nameplate (Photograph by Alan Caradus, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-07-09 - Façade pipes in case (Photograph by Alan Caradus, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-07-09 - Chancel console (Photograph by Alan Caradus, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

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Notes

2015-07-14 - Identified through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. The tonal director was Stephen Stoot. -Database Manager

2020-01-08 - The contract was for a renovation and new console that would also control the planned Gallery Organ of three divisions; in 1983 3/69 Wilhelm Op 57 was installed in the gallery. -Database Manager

2023-08-03 - Removed 2018. *2023 OHS Handbook*: To connect the gallery organ to play with the new chancel Casavant (Op. 300, 1907), electro-pneumatic action was fitted to pull down the trackers. The same action was connected to the new console in 1938, but within ten years the gallery organ was cyphering badly, so that the wind was finally turned off. Attempts to revive the organ during the tenure of Giles Bryant were not successful. The Casavant pipework was removed in 2018, though the façade and console are still in place. -Paul R. Marchesano


Stoplist

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

     Toronto. Ontario
     St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

     Casavant   Op. 300   1907   4/41   Chancel Organ
     Casavant   Op. 1601  1938   4/44   Console
     __________________________________________________________________

     GREAT                  CHOIR                    GALLERY GREAT (pf)

 16' Open Diapason       8' Geigen Principal     16' Bourdon
  8' Open Diapason       8' Melodia               8' Open Diapason
  8' Violin Diapason     8' Dulciana              8' Melodia
  8' Doppel Flute        4' Wald Flute            8' Dolce
  8' Salicional          4' Violina               4' Principal
  4' Principal           2' Flageolet             4' Flute d'Amour
  4' Harmonic Flute      8' Clarinet          2 2/3' Twelfth
  2' Fifteenth              Tremulant             2' Fifteenth
III  Mixture                Sub                   8' Corno di Bassetto
  8' Trumpet                Super                    Super
     Super                  Chimes         SO
     Chimes        SO                                GALLERY SWELL (pf)
                            SOLO
     SWELL                                        8' Open Diapason
                         8' Gross Flute           8' Gedeckt
 16' Bourdon             8' Violoncello           8' Quintadena
  8' Horn Principal      8' Viole d'Orchestre     8' Viola da Gamba
  8' Stopped Diapason    8' Tuba                  8' Voix Celeste
  8' Viola da Gamba      8' Cor Anglais           8' Aeoline
  8' Voix Celeste           Tremulant             4' Octave
  8' Dolcissimo             Sub                   4' Traverse Flute
  4' Gemshorn               Super               III  Mixture
  4' Flauto Traverso        Chimes               16' Contra Fagotto
  2' Piccolo                                      8' Horn
III  Dolce Cornet           PEDAL                 8' Oboe
  8' Cornopean                                    8' Vox Humana
  8' Oboe               16' Open Diapason            Tremulant
  8' Vox Humana         16' Bourdon                  Sub
     Tremulant          16' Violone                  Super
     Sub                 8' Bass Flute
     Super               8' Violoncello              GALLERY PEDAL (pf)
     Chimes        SO    8' Bourdon
                        16' Trombone             16' Major Bass
                         8' Trumpet              16' Bourdon #1
                                                 16' Bourdon #2    GT
                                                  8' Stopped Flute 12
                                                  8' Violoncello
                                                 16' Fagotto       SW

              [Received from Jeff Scofield January 8, 2020]

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