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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 108 (1899)

Centenary Methodist Church [later Centenary Queen Square United Church]: Sanctuary; front
Wentworth Street, Queen Square
Saint John, NB, CA

Images

ca. 1940 - Church interior with organ case (Photograph from an archival source: Louis Merritt Harrison (1989.83.546); New Brunswick Museum, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

ca. 1910 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
36 stops
36 registers
4 divisions
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2016-10-16 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. <br>Identified by Jim Cook, citing information from this publication: Casavant Opus List, courtesy of Simon Couture. -Database Manager

2016-11-25 - Merged with Queen Square Methodist Church to become Centenary-Queen Square United Church with a 1,400-seat sanctuary; the facility was sold in 1991 when the congregation moved to a much small facility at a new location. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       St. John, New Brunswick
       Centenary Methodist Church

       Casavant   Op. 108   1899   3/40
       _________________________________________________

       GREAT                        SWELL

   16' Dbl Open Diapason 61     16' Bourdon           61
    8' Open Diapason     61      8' Open Diapason     61
    8' Violin Diapason   61      8' Stopped Diapason  61
    8' Doppel Flute      61      8' Viola di Gamba    61
    8' Gemshorn          61      8' Voix Celeste      49
    4' Principal         61      4' Flauto Traverso   61
    4' Wald Flute        61      4' Violina           61
2 2/3' Twelfth           61      2' Flautino          61
    2' Fifteenth         61    III  Dolce Cornet     183
  III  Mixture          183      8' Cornopean         61
    8' Trumpet           61      8' Oboe & Bassoon    61
    4' Clarion           61      8' Vox Humana        61
       GT at Octaves                Tremulant
                                    SW at Octaves
       CHOIR
                                    PEDAL
    8' Geigen Principal  61
    8' Melodia           61     16' Dbl Open Diapason 30
    8' Dulciana          61     16' Bourdon           30
    4' Harmonic Flute    61      8' Bass Flute        30
    2' Piccolo           61      8' Bourdon           30
    8' Clarinet          61      8' Violoncello       30
       Tremulant                16' Trombone          30
       CH at Octaves

        [Received from Jeff Scofield November 25, 2016]