Better Pipe Organ Database

Lye Organ Co. (1949)

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
24 Clairmont Street
Thorold, ON, CA

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

Images

c. 1953 - Organ case and choir loft (Photograph by Personal collection , submitted by Andrew Henderson/Andrew Henderson)

circa 1953 - 1949 Lye Organ Console, Donald Muir Henderson, organist (Photograph by Unknown, submitted by Andrew Henderson/Andrew Henderson)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
12 stops
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical

Stoplist

Source: Taken from church records

Lye Organ Co. (1949)
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
Thorold, ON

GREAT ORGAN

8   Open Diapason (metal)
8   Melodia (wood)
8   Dulciana (metal) (replaced by 2' Fifteenth by Dubay Organ Co., c. 1960)
4   Principal (metal)
4   Flute d'amour (wood)

SWELL ORGAN (enclosed)

8   Open Diapason (metal)
8   Stopped Diapason (wood)
8   Viol de Gamba (metal)
8   Aeoline [TC] (metal, tuned as celeste)
4   Traverse Flute (wood)

PEDAL ORGAN

16  Bourdon (wood)
8   Stopped Flute (ext)

Couplers and Accessories not noted in source.
Although the keyboards had 61 notes it is not known whether additional pipes and new windchests were provided (the original instrument had 58-note chests). 
Maas Chimes added in 1953, with separate keyboard.

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#52872†* - Edward Lye & Sons (1922)