2023-09-07 - "Keates Builds Organ for Ottawa Church: Unusual Antiphonal Featured; Westboro United Gets 3-Manual—Peter Hall, Organist-Choirmaster to Play Dedication," *The Diapason*, October 1963, 15. A new three-manual organ built by the Keates Organ Company Ltd., Acton, Ont., is currently being installed in the Westboro United Church, Ottawa, Ont., where Peter Hall, chairman of the Ottawa RCCO Centre, is organist and director of music. The organ comprises four manual divisions,—Great, Swell, unenclosed Positiv and Antiphonal, the latter being in the form of exposed pipework. With the exception of a single Pedal stop, the 16 ft. Quintaten borrowed from the Great, the instrument is completely straight. A feature is that the Antiphonal, playable from the Great and Positiv manuals, is located in a transept which may be divided from the nave by folding doors and used as a chapel, and a small one-manual console permits the use of the Antiphonal alone for the chapel services. The main console is of the drawknob style and the chapel console is of stopkey design. Mr. Hall will play the dedication recital early in the Fall; he is a graduate of Music Teachers' College and has an Associate in Music degree from the Western Conservatory; both are affiliated with the University of Western Ontario at London. [The stoplist follows.] "Our History," Kitchissippi United Church, accessed September 7, 2023, https://www.kitchissippiuc.com/home/3194-2/: Kitchissippi United Church was formed in 2008 by the amalgamation of three local congregations: Kingsway, Northwestern and Westboro United Churches. The amalgamation repurposed two of its properties as important venues for community services and spawned new programs from the proceeds. Following extensive community consultation, the Westboro property was sold in 2013 and redeveloped as Festival House and low rise condominiums. Festival House is now a centre for arts and culture organizations and home to the Bluesfest School of Music and Art (BSOMA). [This history page says nothing about the organ at the now-former Westboro church.] -Charles Eberline
Source: "Keates Builds Organ for Ottawa Church," <i>The Diapason</i>, October 1963, 15. October 1963
Great Quintaten 16 (61 pipes), Principal 8 (61 pipes), Hohlflöte 8 (61 pipes), Octave 4 (61 pipes), Gedackt 4 (61 pipes), Flachflöte 2 (61 pipes), Fourniture IV (244 pipes), Trompette 8 (61 pipes)
Swell Geigen Principal 8 (61 pipes), Rohrflöte 8 (61 pipes), Gemshorn 8 (61 pipes), Gemshorn Celeste 8 (54 pipes), Koppelflöte 4 (61 pipes), Octave 4 (61 pipes), Waldflöte 2 (61 pipes), Cymbel III (183 pipes), Oboe 8 (61 pipes), Musette 4 (61 pipes), Tremulant
Positiv (Unenclosed) Singend Gedackt 8 (61 pipes), Koppelflöte 4 (61 pipes), Prestant 4 (61 pipes), Sifflöte 2 (61 pipes), Sesquialtera II (122 pipes), Zimbel III (183 pipes), Krummhorn 8 (61 pipes)
Antiphonal (Exposed pipework; playable from the Great and Positiv manuals; located in a transept that may be divided from the nave by small folding doors and used as a chapel; provided with a one-manual console that permits use of the Antiphonal alone for chapel services.) English Diapason 8 (61 pipes), Stopped Flute 8 (61 pipes), Flute Conique 4 (61 pipes), Principal 4 (61 pipes), Flageolet 2 (61 pipes), Tierce 1⅗ (61 pipes), Tremulant
Pedal Principal 16 (32 pipes), Subbass 16 (32 pipes), Quintaten 16 ([Great]), Octave 8 (32 pipes), Gedackt 8 (32 pipes), Choral Bass 4 (32 pipes), Spillflöte 2 (32 pipes), Mixture IV (128 pipes), Posaune 16 (32 pipes), Trompette 8 (32 pipes), Rohr Schalmey 4 (32 pipes)
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