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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1269 (1971)

Canadian Memorial United Church
1825 W. Sixteenth Ave.
Vancouver, BC, CA

Images

2023-12-28 - Blower room (Photograph by Michael Dirk /Michael Dirk)

2023-12-28 - Great & Swell reservoirs under Swell chest (Photograph by Michael Dirk/Michael Dirk)

2023-12-28 - Choir chamber/reservoir/chest (Photograph by Michael Dirk/Michael Dirk)

2023-12-28 - Backside of case detail (Photograph by Michael Dirk/Michael Dirk)

2023-12-28 - Choir pipework (Photograph by Michael Dirk/Michael Dirk)

2023-12-28 - Swell pipework (Photograph by Michael Dirk/Michael Dirk)

2023-12-28 - Great pipework (original 1928 chest lower left) (Photograph by Michael Dirk/Michael Dirk)

2023-12-28 - Console and west case (Gt/Sw/Pd) (Photograph by Michael Dirk/Michael Dirk)

2023-12-28 - Chancel (Photograph by Michael Dirk/Michael Dirk)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
32 stops
36 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 coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Chancel

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
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: 33 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has sequencer
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2019-04-10 - Originally installed as 3/24 in 1928; renovations by Hill, Norman & Beard in 1960; renovation, additions and new console by Casavant in 1971. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

     Vancouver, British Columbia
     Canadian Memorial United Church

     Casavant   Op. 1269   1928   3/24
     Casavant              1971   3/41
     ______________________________________________

     GREAT                       CHOIR

 16' Quintaden      61        8' Holzgedackt     61
  8' Prinzipal      61        4' Gemshorn        61
  8' Rohrflöte      61    2 2/3' Nasat           61
  4' Oktav          61        2' Kleinprinzipal  61
  4' Spitzflöte     61    1 3/5' Terz            61
  2' Oktav          61    1 1/3' Quintflöte      61
 IV  Mixtur        244      III  Zimbel         183
  8' Trompete       61        8' Krummhorn       61
     Chimes         25           Tremulant

     SWELL                       PEDAL

  8' Gedackt        61       16' Prinzipal       32
  8' Salizional     61       16' Subbass         32
  8' Vox coelestis  54       16' Quintaden       GT
  4' Prinzipal      61        8' Oktav           32
  4' Nachthorn      61        8' Gedacktpommer   32
  2' Bachflöte      61        4' Oktav           12
III  Scharf        183      III  Mixtur          96
 16' Fagott   L/2   61       16' Posaune         32
  8' Trompete       61        8' Trompete        12
  4' Oboe           61        4' Schalmei        32
     Tremulant        

     [Received from Jeff Scofield April 10, 2019]

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