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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1214 (1927)

Church of the Messiah
Montréal, QC, CA

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
51 stops
56 registers
5 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 toe pistons

Notes

2015-09-30 - Identified through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. -Database Manager

2019-04-03 - Destroyed when the sanctuary burned on May 26, 1987; two firefighters were killed when the roof of the large building collapsed; It was the church’s organist, Wilhelmina Tiemersma, who was responsible. She quickly turned herself in at a nearby police station. At first charged with two counts of second-degree murder, she pleaded guilty to reduced charges of criminal negligence causing death about a month later. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Montreal, Quebec
       Church of the Messiah, Unitarian

       Casavant   Op. 1214   1927   4/56
       ____________________________________________________

       GREAT                          SWELL

   16' Quintaton        73 *      16' Bourdon            73
    8' Open Diapason    73         8' Open Diapason      73
    8' Violin Diapason  73         8' Stopped Diapason   73
    8' Melodia          73         8' Viola di Gamba     73
    8' Gemshorn         73 *       8' Voix Celeste       73
    4' Octave           73         8' Aeoline            73
    4' Harmonic Flute   73         4' Harmonic Flute     73
2 2/3' Twelfth          73         2' Flautino           61
    2' Fifteenth        61       III  Mixture           219
   IV  Mixture         296 *       8' Cornopean          73
   16' Double Trumpet   73 *       8' Oboe               73
    8' Trumpet          73 *       4' Clarion            73 *
    4' Clarion          73            Tremulant
       Super                          Sub
                                      Super
       CELESTIAL
                                      ORCHESTRAL
    8' Gedeckt          65
    8' Viola da Gamba   65         8' Open Diapason      73 *
    8' Voix Celeste     65         8' Grossflote         73 *
    4' Chimney Flute    65         8' Viole d'Orchestre  73 *
    8' Vox Humana       65         8' Viole Celeste      73 *
       Tremulant                   8' Concert Flute      73 *
       Sub                         8' Quintadena         73 *
       super                       8' Dulciana           73
   16' Bourdon Pedal    30         8' Unda Maris         73 *
                                   4' Wald Flute         73 *
       PEDAL                       4' Octave Viole       73 *
                               2 2/3' Nazard             73 *
   32' Resultant        -- *       2' Flageolet          61 *
   16' Open Diapason    32     1 3/5' Tierce             61 *
   16' Bourdon          32         8' Tuba               73 *
   16' Gedeckt          SW *       8' Clarinet           73 
    8' Flute (Op Diap)  12         8' Orchestral Oboe    73 *
    8' Stopped Flute    12            Tremulant
    8' Cello            32            Sub
   16' Trombone         32 *          Super
    8' Trumpet          12 *

    *  new stops

            [Received from Jeff Scofield April 3, 2019]

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