ca. 1890 - Church exterior (Wikimedia: Public Domain/Jim Stettner)
ca. 1890 - Nave interior (Wikimedia: Public Domain/Jim Stettner)
before 1905 - Nave interior: wedding (Nova Scotia Archives/Jim Stettner)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2024-10-19 - This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified through online information from Andrew Henderson (October 18, 2024): From The Halifax Herald (October 30, 1894): "Organ For Sale: The musical committee have received instructions from the Wardens and Vestry of St. Luke's to dispose of the pipe organ (Walker) now standing in St. Luke's Cathedral, Halifax. It has two manuals and two octaves of pedals." -Andrew Henderson
2024-10-19 - The date of installation is not known, but conjectured to have possibly coincided with the completion of the chancel in 1864. -Andrew Henderson
2024-10-20 - The building was destroyed by fire in 1905. Identified from the present Cathedral website. -Jim Stettner
2024-10-20 - Photos of the nave interior appear to show the organ installed in chambers on either side of the sanctuary. -Jim Stettner
Pitch levels not included in source; conjectured here Source: The Halifax Herald October 30, 1894
Great Open Diapason 8, Stopped Diapason Treble 8, Keraulophon 8, Stopped Diapason Bass 8, Principal 4, Twelfth 2 2/3, Fifteenth 2, Sesquialtera III (Number of ranks not found in source; conjectured here), Clarionet 8
Swell Open Diapason 8, Stopped Diapason 8, Dolce 8, Principal 4, Oboe 8
Pedal Bourdon 16
Great to Pedal 8, Swell to Great 8
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