Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2023-07-29 - The congregation's first pipe organ was installed in 1885 at a cost of $3,000, the entire cost being paid by the Ladies' Aid Society. (pg. 15) "In the autumn of 1907, the organ was enlarged at a cost of $3,000, with the addition of a choir organ and extended console, the whole being made tubular pneumatic. This addition was made under the direction of the organist and choir master, Mr. John Crane." (pg. 14) Source: *Seventy-Five Years of Presbyterianism, A Review of the History of the Congregation of St. Paul's Church from its Organization in 1835*. Peterborough, Ont.: the church, 1910. -Ian Mason
2023-07-29 - St. Giles Presbyterian Church in Peterborough, Ontario contracted Phoenix [digital] Organs of Peterborough to take digital samples from the Keates organ of the 1859-built St. Paul's Presbyterian Church before the organ was parted out prior to the demolition of the church in 2019. The digital samples were added to the Phoenix organ of St. Giles Presbyterian Church. -Ian Mason
2023-08-02 - A Toronto organbuilder confirmed that the 4-manual Keates was parted out: "The console went to Montreal, the Swell and Great went to the Canadian Reformed Church in Orangeville, Ontario. Pipework from Choir and Positiv divisions went to various places." -Ian Mason
Source: Original specification sheet 1963
Choir - Manual I (expressive) Chimney Flute 8, Gemshorn 8, Gemshorn Celeste 8, Waldflöte 4, Nazard 2 2/3, Flautino 2, Schalmey 8, Trumpet (Great) 8
Great - Manual II Quintaten 16, Principal 8, Hohlflöte 8 , Dolce 8, Octave 4, Quintadena (from 16 ft Quintaten) 4, Twelfth 2 2/3 , Fifteenth 2, Fourniture 1 1/3 IV, Trumpet (horizontal) 8
Swell - Manual III Geigen Principal 8, Stopped Flute 8, Viola da Gamba 8, Voix Celeste 8, Aeoline 8, Octave Geigen 4, Spitzflöte 4, Piccolo 2, Cornet III, Contra Fagotto 16, Trompette 8, Hautbois (from 16 ft Fagotto) 4
Positiv - Manual IV (rear gallery) Rohrflöte 8, Koppelflöte 4, Principal 2, Tierce 1 3/5, Larigot 1 1/3, Sifflöte 1
Pedal Principal Bass 16, Violone 16, Bourdon 16, Quintaton (Great) 16, Principal (ext.) 8, Octave Geigen (ext.) 8, Bass Flute (ext.) 8, Choral Bass 4, Stopped Flute (ext.) 4, Super Octave (ext.) 2, Posaune 16, Contra Fagotto (Swell) 16, Tromba (ext.) 8, Clarion 4
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