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Unknown Builder (1911)

St. Andrew's Presbyterian (later United) Church : 1894 building
92 Main Street
Port Dalhousie
St. Catharines, ON, CA

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


Consoles

Main


Notes

2023-12-30 - From the *St. Catharines Standard*, July 8, 1910, upon installation of the organ at the Presbyterian Church in Port Dalhousie, Ontario: "The organ was procured from the congregation of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Hamilton (which church has just installed a new instrument, one of the best manufactured). It was built by the Steere & Turner Co., of Springfield, Mass., is of the two manual variety, and is equipped with 8 speaking stops in the swell organ, 10 stops in the great organ, and 2 speaking stops in the pedal organ. There are also 10 mechanical registers, couplers, combinations, etc. The pipes number in all 900. The compass of the manual is 58 notes, of the pedals 27 notes ... the appearance of the organ is most handsome. The woodwork is of solid ash throughout and the pipes are ornamented in gold leaf." Rebuilt/electrified by the Keates Organ Company in 1952. Church closed in 2014; fate of organ unknown. -Andrew Henderson

2025-05-21 - From guidetags.com, local history website: "The current brick and stone church was built in 1894, displaying vernacular Gothic Revival style influences in the windows on the front facade. This elaborate style is associated with the pointed arches combined with towers, steep gabled roofs, and circular "rose" windows in stained glass. The cemetery associated with the church is located at the foot of Johnson Street in Port Dalhousie, and contains the graves of the Muir, Abbey, Martindale, and Lawrie families (Tour St. Catharines, 2002). In 1911 the church acquired an organ from St. Paul's Presbyterian Church of Hamilton which at the time was 33 years old. It had 650 pipes and was constructed by the Steere Organ Company of Springfield, Mass." -Paul R. Marchesano


Stoplist

Source: St. Catharines Standard July 18, 1910

Great Organ Bourdon 16 (wood, 46 notes), Open Diapason 8 (metal, 58 notes), Melodia and Stopped Bass 8 (wood, 58 notes), Dulciana 8 (metal, 58 notes), Octave 4 (metal, 58 notes), Flute Traverso 4 (wood, 58 notes), Twelfth 2 2/3 (metal, 58 notes), Fifteenth 2 (metal, 58 notes), Trumpet 8 (metal, 58 notes)

Swell Organ Open Diapason 8 (metal, 46 notes), Stopped Diapason Treble 8 (wood, 46 notes), Stopped Diapason Bass 8 (wood, 12 notes), Salicional 8 (metal, 58 notes), Flute Harmonique 4 (wood, 58 notes), Violina 4 (metal, 58 notes), Oboe & Bassom [sic] 8 (metal, 58 notes)

Pedal Organ Open Diapason 16 (wood, 27 notes), Bourdon 16 (wood, 27 notes)

Mechanical Registers Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell to Great, Swell Tremulant, Signal, Wind Indicator, Great Organ-Forte Combination, Great Organ-Piano Combination, Balanced Swell Pedal


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