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Dennis W. Karn (1906)

McDougall Methodist Church
10086 MacDonald Drive NW
Edmonton, AB, CA

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


Consoles

Main


Notes

2023-02-27 - From the *Edmonton Journal* (March 8, 1906): "Mr. Lockwood, expert organ builder for the Karn Organ and Piano So. [sic], Winnipeg, is in the city to supervise the installation of the new pipe organ for McDougall Methodist Church. This is the first pipe organ, to be built in Edmonton. It is expected the organ to be completed in two weeks. Mr. Frank Wrigley, the eminent Canadian organist, has been engaged to give the opening recital." The inaugural recital was performed on March 27, 1906. According to the *Edmonton Journal* (October 17, 1912) after the building of the new McDougall Methodist Church and installation of the new Karn-Warren organ in that building, the original instrument was moved to Metropolitan Methodist Church with an inaugural recital performed by Prof. Hunt of McDougall Methodist Church on October 15, 1912: "The Metropolitan Methodist Church was filled last Tuesday night on the occasion of the public recital of the first pipe organ to be installed on the South Side of the city. As Professor V. P. Hunt brought forth the melodious harmony from the big instrument, he no doubt felt quite at home, as it is the same organ which he played many times in the old McDougall Church on the north side; and it is just as good as ever, in fact, it seems to suit the capacious auditorium of the Metropolitan Church even better than the old McDougall Church." -Andrew Henderson


Stoplist

Source: The Edmonton Daily Bulletin March 26, 1906

Great Organ (61 notes) Open Diapason 8 (large scale), Dulciana 8, Melodia 8 ("all open", wood), Principal 4, Wald Flute 4 (wood)

Swell Organ (61 notes) Open Diapason 8, Viol d'Orchestre 8, Aeoline 8, Celeste 8 (49 pipes), Stopped Diapason 8 (wood), Flauto Traverso 4 (wood), Cornopean 8 (harmonic treble), Orchestral Oboe 8

Pedal Organ (30 notes) Bourdon 16 (wood)

Couplers Swell to Great Unison, Swell to Great Super, Swell to Great Sub, Great at Octaves, Swell at Octaves, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal

Pistons 2 Combinations to Great Organ, 3 Combinations to Swell Organ

Pedals Full Organ, Crescendo, Tremolo, Balanced Swell


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