2023-03-16 - From *The Montreal Daily Star *(July 12, 1899): "When the renovations now going on in the Church of St. James the Apostle in this city shall have been completed in October next, and when its doors are again opened to the public, it will be seen that the church possesses one of the largest and most modern pipe organs in the Dominion. Last week the contract for the same was awarded to the Karn-Warren Organ Company, of Woodstock, Ont., successors to the old and well established firm of R. G. [sic] Warren & Sons, whose instruments are to be found in every part of Canada. The new instrument will consist of four manuals and pedal organ, and will have forty-two speaking stops, 15 couplers, 18 adjustible combination pistons, and 6 combination pedals. The case will be of quartered oak, richly carved, and otherwise ornamented. The great and swell organs will occupy one side of the new chancel, the choir and pedal organ the other side, while the echo organ will be located in the back of the church. All the action will be thoroughly up to date, the best electro-pneumatic mechanism being specified in the contract." -Andrew Henderson
Source: The Montreal Daily Star July 12, 1899
Great Organ Double Open Diapason 16, Open Diapason 8, Doppel Flute 8, Gamba 8, Dolce 8, Principal 4, Wald Flute 4, Twelfth 2⅔, Fifteenth 2, Mixture III, Trumpet 8, Clarion 4
Swell Organ Bourdon 16, Open Diapason 8, Stopped Diapason 8, Viol di Gambe 8, Voix Celeste 8, Violina 4, Flauto Traverso 4, Flautina 2, Mixture IV, Contra Bassoon 16, Cornopean 8, Oboe Bassoon 8, Vox Humana 8
Choir Organ (unenclosed) Gedact 8, Melodia 8, Dulciana 8, Harmonic Flute 4, Harmonic Piccolo 2, Clarionet 8
Echo Organ (unenclosed) Geigen Principal 8, Lieblich Gedact 8, Flauto Amabile 4, Orchestral Oboe 8
Pedal Organ Open Diapason 16, Open Diapason 16 (Great?), Bourdon 16, Lieblich Gedact 16 (Swell), Violincello 8, Bass Flute 8, Contra [Posaune?] 16
Couplers Swell to Great Unison, Sub Octave, Super Octave, Swell to Choir Unison, Sub Octave, Super Octave, Choir to Great Unison, Sub Octave, Super Octave, Swell at Octaves on itself, Great at Octaves on itself, Choir at Octaves on itself, Swell to Pedal, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal
Mechanical Accessories (All pistons automatically adjustable) 3 Combination Pistons to Great Organ, 4 Combination Pistons to Swell Organ, 3 Combination Pistons to Choir Organ, 1 piston to Great Organ release, 1 piston to Swell Organ release, 1 piston to Choir Organ release, 4 combination pedals acting on all stops and couplers, 2 combination pedals to Pedal Organ, Full Organ pedal, Mezzo Organ pedal, Tremolo Pedal to Swell, Tremolo Pedal to Echo, [Balanced] Swell Pedal
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