Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2019-04-02 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. <br>Identified by Andrew Henderson, citing information from this publication: St. Catharines Standard, May 26, 1903.<br>A new Walcker console was installed in 1957 by the Knoch Organ Company of London, Ontario. From the dedication program of the current Letourneau instrument (1990): "This instrument functioned well, serving the musical requirements of the church until the late 1960's, when water leaking from the roof onto the pipes and chests made it unplayable. A small Baldwin electronic instrument was purchased. However, in 1979 it was replaced by a larger one for the installation of Bishop Fulton as Bishop of the Diocese." <br><br>This instrument was removed prior to the installation of the Letourneau organ and was presumably destroyed/broken up for parts, although the Pedal 16' Open Wood Diapason was retained and installed in the current 1990 Letourneau organ. -Database Manager
Original document from Andrew Henderson. Source: From the St. Catharines Standard, May 26, 1903 2019-04-11
St. Catharines, ON
St. Catherine Alexandria RC Church
Organ by The D. W. Karn Co., Ltd.
Great Organ
16 Double Open Diapason (TC, 49 pipes)
8 Open Diapason
8 Doppel Flute (wood)
8 Dulciana
4 Principal
4 Wald Flute (wood)
2 Fifteenth
8 Trumpet (harmonic trebles)
Swell Organ
8 Open Diapason
8 Stopped Diapason (wood)
8 Viol di Gamba
8 Aeoline
8 Voix Celeste (TC, 49 pipes)
4 Flauto Traverso (wood)
4 Octave
2 Flautino
8 Cornopean (harmonic trebles)
8 Orchestral Oboe
Choir Organ
8 Melodia (wood)
8 Gemshorn
4 Harmonic Flute
2 Piccolo
8 Clarionet
Pedal Organ (30 notes)
16 Open Diapason (wood)
16 Bourdon (wood)
Couplers
Swell to Great unison, sub octave, super octave
Choir to Great unison, sub octave, super octave
Swell to Choir unison, sub octave, super octave
Swell at octaves on itself
Great at octaves on itself
Choir at octaves on itself
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal
Choir to Pedal
3 Combinations to Great Organ
3 Combinations to Swell Organ
Pedals ("including unison and pedal couplers")
Full Organ
Crescendo
Tremolo
Balanced Swell
Motor Starter
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