Fifth Avenue Methodist Church: Sanctuary
476 4 Street SE
Medicine Hat, AB, CA
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
1929 - Sanctuary with Organ front and centre (Photograph from an archival source: Fifth Avenue Memorial United Church Archives, submitted by The Zach/The Zach)
1913 - Organ Facade (Photograph from an archival source: Fifth Avenue Memorial United Church Archives, submitted by The Zach/The Zach)
1920s - Postcard of the Church Exterior. (Photograph from an archival source: Public Domain, submitted by The Zach/The Zach)
1920s - Postcard of the Church Exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Public Domain, submitted by The Zach/The Zach)
Consoles
.Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 3 manuals
- 27 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: 30 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
Notes
2023-02-26 - This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified through online information from Zach Pedersen. -The Zach
2023-02-26 - Inaugrated on September 8, 1913. Congregation joined the United Church of Canada in 1925 and became Fifth Avenue United Church. Destroyed by fire on July 2, 1931 from a short circuit in the console wiring. Church was rebuilt and Casavant opus 1455 was installed. -The Zach
Stoplist
Source: Dedication Programme September 8, 1913
GREAT Open Diapason (large scale) 8, Doppel Flute 8, Gamba 8, Principal 4, Fifteenth 2, Tuba 8, Super
SWELL Bourdon 16, Open Diapason 8, Stopped Diapason 8, Viol di Gamba 8, Voix Celeste (tc) 8, Octave 4, Piccolo 2, Cornet Mixture III, Cornopean 8, Oboe (Orchestral) 8, Vox Humana 8, Tremolo, Sub, Super
CHOIR Violin Diapason 8, Hohl Flute 8, Keraulophon 8, Rohr Flute 4, Flautina 2, Clarionet 8, Tremolo, Super
PEDAL Large Open Diapason 16, Large Violone 16, Bourdon 16, Violincello 8
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