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Peter Conacher & Co. (1891)

St. John the Divine Anglican Church: The "Iron Church" (1860-1913)
Fisgard and Douglas Streets
Victoria, BC, CA

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
3 manuals
24 stops
4 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Trigger/Hitch-Down Expression
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical

Notes

2004-10-30 - Relocated to St. Paul's Anglican, Victoria (Esquimalt), BC in 1913 when this building was torn down. Original cost c. $4600. -Database Manager

2007-02-19 - Updated through on-line information from Douglas Adams. -- Sliding glass doors enclosed the keyboards. The "Iron Church" was a prefabricated building shipped from England in 1860, very noisey during rainstorms. Organ was sold to St. Paul's for $1000 in 1912 when the building was replaced. -Database Manager

2024-09-27 - "The Iron Church presided over the corner of Fisgard and Douglas Streets until the Hudson's Bay Company made the parish an offer for the land which couldn't be refused. So parishioners commissioned a new church to be built at Mason and Quadra Streets and it opened on Dec. 22, 1912." -- church website history page -Paul R. Marchesano

Websites

Andrew Gates - St. Paul's, Esquimalt - History, description, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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