St. John's Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary; front
415 Broadview Avenue
Toronto, ON, CA
Images
2021-11-05 - Upper facade (Photograph by Ian Mason/Ian Mason)
2021-11-05 - View of organ from south balcony (Photograph by Ian Mason/Ian Mason)
2021-11-05 - Pedalboard (Photograph by Ian Mason/Ian Mason)
2021-11-05 - Left stop jamb (Photograph by Ian Mason/Ian Mason)
2021-11-05 - Right stop jamb (Photograph by Ian Mason/Ian Mason)
2021-11-05 - Console close-up (Photograph by Ian Mason/Ian Mason)
2021-11-05 - Keates console (Photograph by Ian Mason/Ian Mason)
2021-11-05 - Console, side view (Photograph by Ian Mason/Ian Mason)
2010-04-20 - Church exterior (Photograph by Ian Mason/Ian Mason)
2015-04-22 - Church exterior; facade (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2015-07-06 - Facade in chancel (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2010-04-20 - Sanctuary dates to 1908. The organ facade is original and was installed by the Mathews Church Organ Co. Ltd. (Toronto) in September, 1909. (Photograph by Ian Mason/Ian Mason)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 3 manuals
- 29 stops
- 40 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 (Details Unknown)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
Notes
2021-10-30 - Specifications were prepared by the Keates Organ Company Ltd. of Acton, Ontario via the company sales manager, Mr. Howard W. Jerome, in collaboration with Mr. Roger H. J. Hobbs, Mus. Bac., organist of St. John's Presbyterian Church.
Source: "Service of Dedication of the New Memorial Pipe Organ, St. John's Presbyterian Church, 387 [now 415] Broadview Avenue, Toronto 6 [old mailing code designation], Ontario, Sunday, June Seventeenth, Nineteen Hundred and sixty-two" [bulletin]. St. John's Presbyterian Church Archives. -Ian Mason
2021-10-30 - According to the church website, *"The Pipe Organ was built by The Keates Organ Company. It contains 39 stops, 34 ranks of pipes, 2043 individual pipes, together with the usual complement of pistons and couplers. The Console is of the draw knob type and its action is electro-pneumatic. There are Four main divisions: Three manuals and Pedal board. The organ was dedicated in 1962 to those who made the Supreme Sacrifice in the First and Second World Wars."* -Jim Stettner
2021-11-15 - St. John's Church was sold to a developer in Jan. 2021. The future of the organ is uncertain. -Ian Mason
Stoplist
Source: Bulletin. "Service of Dedication of the New Memorial Pipe Organ, St. John's Presbyterian Church, 387 [now 415] Broadview Avenue, Toronto 6, Ontario, Sunday, June Seventeenth, Nineteen hundred and sixty-two." June 17, 1962
GREAT (3 1/2 inch wind) Open Diapason 8, Melodia 8, Dulciana 8, Principal 4, Twelfth 2 2/3, Fifteenth 2, Fourniture IV, Trumpet 8, Chimes
SWELL (Expressive) Bourdon 16, Stopped Flute 8, Viola da Gamba 8, Vox Angelica 8, Principal 4, Traverse Flute 4, Blockflöte 2, Plein Jeu III, Trompette 8, Hautbois 4
CHOIR (Expressive) Quintadena 8, Gemshorn 8, Spitzgedeckt 4, Nazard 2 2/3, Piccolo 2, Tierce 1 3/5, Schalmey 8, Trumpet 8 (from Great)
Pedal Resultant 32 (- -), Open Diapason 16, Violone 16, Bourdon 16, Gedeckt 16 (Sw), Octave 8, Bass Flute 8, Cello 8, Choral Bass 4, Super Octave 2, Posaune 16, Tromba 8, Clarion 4
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