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Mathews Church Organ Company (1909)

Images

1909 - Console and W. Ray Young, organist and choirmaster (Photograph from an archival source: St. John's Church archives, submitted by Ian Mason/Ian Mason)

1928 - Matthews Church Organ Co. 1909 console (Photograph from an archival source: St. John's Church archives, submitted by Ian Mason/Ian Mason)

1928 - Choir loft showing 1909 Matthews Church Organ Co. console (Photograph from an archival source: unknown, submitted by Ian Mason/Ian Mason)

Consoles

Chancel

• 2 manuals
• 27 stops
• 3 divisions
• Manual compass: 61 notes
• Pedal compass: 30 notes
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
• Has crescendo

Notes

2021-11-01 - "Built to specifications of [Sir] Ernest A. Campbell MacMillan, A.R.C.O., Organist of Knox Presbyterian Church, Toronto. The action is tubular pneumatic and on 4 1/2 inch pressure. The whole organ is voiced on 4-inch pressure." Source: "St. John's Presbyterian Church, Toronto, Dedication of Organ, Sunday, Sept. 26th, 1909, Organ Recital, Monday, Sept. 27, 1909, 8 p.m." St. John's Church Archives. -Ian Mason

Stoplist

Source: Recital programme. "St. John's Presbyterian Church, Toronto, Dedication of Organ, Sunday, Sept. 26th, 1909, Organ Recital, Monday, Sept. 27, 1909, 8 p.m." Sept. 27, 1909

Great (4-inch pressure) Contra Gamba 16, Open Diapason (No. 1) 8, Open Diapason (No. 2) 8, Dulciana 8, Melodia 8, Harmonic Flute 4, Principal 4, Fifteenth 2, Trumpet (harmonic treble) 8

Swell Bourdon 16, Open Diapason 8, Viol di Gamba 8, Aeoline 8, Vox Celeste 8, Gedact (sic) 8, Principal 4, Traverse Flute 4, Mixture (3 ranks) III, Vox Humana 8, Cornopean (harmonic treble) 8, Oboe 8

Pedal Open Diapason 16, Bourdon 16, Violone 16, Lieblich Gedact (sic) 16, Octave 8, Bass Flute 8

Documents

• (1909-09-26) "Dedication of Organ and Organ Recital, St. John's Presbyterian Church, Toronto, Ontario, Sept. 1909" Dedication of Matthews Church Organ Co. instrument of St. John's Presbyterian Church, Toronto, Ontario, Sept. 26 & 27, 1909. -Ian Mason

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