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Hill, Norman & Beard (1954)

McDougall United Church : Sanctuary
10086 MacDonald Dr NW
Edmonton, AB, CA

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

Images

2019 - Facade (Photograph from an archival source: Church website, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2020-07-25 - Back of the church taken from the organ (Photograph by The Zach/The Zach)

2020-07-25 - Church interior and organ facade (Photograph by The Zach/The Zach)

2020-07-25 - Facade pipes and case (Photograph by The Zach/The Zach)

1950s - Church exterior with original wooden church in adjacent lot (Photograph from an archival source: Church Website, submitted by The Zach/The Zach)

Consoles

Console

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
49 stops
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 (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2020-05-31 - Rebuild of existing Karn organ with a new 3 manual console (eliminating the Solo Division) and more tonal additions. The workmanship was of poor quality and the condition steadily deteriorated. It eventually became too overwhelming to handle and in 1976, the congregation decided to silence the Karn and replace it with a Rodgers 990. The speakers are installed behind the Facade pipes. -The Zach

Stoplist

Source: From the McDougall United Church Archive

       Edmonton, Alberta
       McDougall United Church

       Hill, Norman & Beard   1954   3/43
	
       Originally built by Karn-Warren
       _______________________________________________________________

       GREAT

   16' Double Open	 61	Lowest 24 pipes in Facade
    8' Open Diapason I	 61
    8' Open Diapason II  61
    8' Geigen Diapason	 73
    8' Doppel Flute	 61
    4' Octave		 61
    4' Octave Geigen	 --	ext. Geigen
    4' Wald Flute	 61
    2' Fifteenth	 61
  III  Mixture		 183	15.19.22
    8' Trumpet		 61

       SWELL

   16' Lieblich Bourdon	 61
    8' Open Diapason     61
    8' Gedackt		 61
    8' Gamba		 61
    8' Voix Celeste	 54	from low G
    4' Principal	 61
    4' Flauto Traverso   61
2-2/3' Twelfth		 61
    2' Fifteenth	 61
  III  Mixture		 183	15.19.22
   II  Sharf		 122	26.29
   16' Double Trumpet	 61
    8' Cornopean	 61
    8' Oboe		 61
    4' Clarion		 61
       Tremulant
       Sub
       Super
       Chimes		 24

       CHOIR

    8' Stopped Diapason	 61	formerly on Great
    8' Viola da Gamba	 61	formerly on Swell
    8' Dulciana		 61
    4' Flute Ouverte	 61
2-2/3' Nazard		 61
    2' Blockflöte	 61
1-3/5' Tierce	 	 61
    8' Clarinet		 61
       Tremulant
       Sub
       Super
   16' Tuba		 85	formerly on Solo, high pressure
    8' Tromba		 --	ext. Tuba
    4' Clarion		 -- 	ext. Tuba
	

       PEDAL

   32' Double Open Bass  --	resultant
   16' Open Wood Bass	 44
   16' Open Metal Bass	 --	from Great
   16' Violone		 56
   16' Sub Bass		 32	
   16' Gedeckt		 --	from Swell
    8' Bass Flute	 --	ext. Open Wood Bass
    8' Violoncello       --     ext. Violone
    4' Viola		 --	ext. Violone
   16' Trombone		 44
   16' Ophicleide	 --	from Choir
    8' Tromba		 -- 	ext. Trombone

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