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Edward Lye & Sons (1896)

St. Mark's Anglican Church
Bay St. S. at Hunter St.
Hamilton, ON, CA

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical

Notes

2022-09-27 - Rebuilt by Casavant Frères in 1946, Opus 1833, incorporating all of the Lye pipework. The church was closed in 1989 and eventually purchased by the City of Hamilton, awaiting restoration as a multi-use cultural and community space. -Andrew Henderson

Stoplist

Source: Taken from the contract December 13, 1895

Great Organ Open Diapason 8 (58 pipes (metal; 5 wood)), Clarabella 8 (46 pipes (wood)), Dulciana 8 (46 pipes (metal)), St'pd Diapason Bass 8 (12 pipes (wood)), Principal 4 (58 pipes (metal))

Swell Organ Stop'd Diapason Treble 8 (46 pipes (wood)), Stop'd Diapason Bass 8 (12 pipes (wood)), Salicional 8 (46 pipes (metal, "very soft")), Dolce Flute 4 (58 pipes (wood & metal)), Piccolo Harmonic 2 (58 pipes (wood & metal)), Oboe 8 (46 pipes (metal))

Pedal Organ Bourdon 16 (27 pipes (wood))

Couplers & Accessories Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell to Great, Bellows Signal, Tremolo (Swell), Forte to Great Organ, Piano to Great Organ, Balance [sic] Swell Pedal

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#46081 - Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1833 (1946)