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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1737 (1944)

St. John Vocational School / Harbour View High School
305 Douglass Ave.
Saint John, NB, CA

Images

2019-11-20 - School exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia/Jeff Scofield)

2014-05-15 - Auditorium and organ case from the stage (Photograph by secure1.nbed.nb.ca/Jeff Scofield)

2016-11-11 - Console (Photograph by Elke Semerad CBN News/Jeff Scofield)

2016-11-11 - Organ case and console (Photograph by Elke Semerad CBN News/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
7 stops
26 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 toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2020-04-09 - According to Simon Couture, VP of Casavant, quoted in an article by Elke Somerad in CBC News 11 November 2016 about the organ: "The organ was not new actually, it was repurposed. This instrument was installed first in 1939 in a private home north of Montreal and we had to take the organ back after a few years because our client couldn't make the payments." The organ is still used occasionally and there is hope of renovating it. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Saint John, New Brunswick
    Harbour View High School

    Casavant   Op. 1737   1943   3/7
    _______________________________________________

    GREAT                         CHOIR

16' Bourdon           97       8' Viola da Gamba 85
 8' Open Diapason     73       8' Dulciana       89
 8' Rohrflöte                  4' Gambette
 4' Principal              2 2/3' Nazard
 4' Lieblichflöte              2' Superoctave
 2' Piccolo                1 3/5' Tierce

    SWELL                         PEDAL

16' Contra Salicional tc      16' Bourdon
 8' Salicional        85       8' Flute
 8' Melodia           73       8' Cello
 4' Violina                    8' Stopped Flute
 4' Dolce Flute                4' Flute
 2' Fifteenth                 16' Bassoon         12
 8' Oboe              73
 4' Octave Oboe
    Tremulant

      [Received from Jeff Scofield March 22, 2020]

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