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Casavant Frères Ltée. (1974)

St. Ninian's R. C. Cathedral: Sanctuary; rear gallery
121 Saint Ninian St.
Antigonish, NS, CA

Images

2023-04-04 - Composition trundles and Swell expression shoe (Photograph by Emery van de Wiel, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2023-04-04 - Keydesk: Swell stops and couplers (Photograph by Emery van de Wiel, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2023-04-04 - Keydesk: Great and Pedal stops (Photograph by Emery van de Wiel, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2023-04-04 - Keydesk (Photograph by Emery van de Wiel, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2023-04-04 - Case front and keydesk (Photograph by Emery van de Wiel, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2020-11-21 - Organ case in rear gallery (Photograph from an archival source: Cathedral Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

1910's - Cathedral exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
11 stops
13 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
Has combination trundles

Notes

2004-10-30 - The original builder was E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings (1874, Opus 759). -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996; -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Under G. Brunzema. -Database Manager

2020-08-19 - Casavant considered the job an overhaul and not a rebuild, so they did not assign an opus number; their Nova Scotia rep., G. R. Ledoux, was the onsite job manager, with Casavant supplying parts and then voicing upon completion of the project. The job was to be completed by Easter, 1974. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from console keydesk photos April 15, 2023

Antigonish, Nova Scotia
St. Ninian's R. C. Cathedral

E. & G.G. Hook & HAstings, Opus 759, 1874
Casavant Frères Ltée. (1974)


     GREAT
     8'     Op. Diapᵑ            58
     8'     Melodia              58
     8'     Dulciana             58
     4'     Octave               58
     2'     Fifteenth            58
     2 Rks. Mixture             116

     SWELL (Expressive)
Sw.  8'     Geigen Principal     46
Sw.  8'     Stᵈ Diapᵑ            46
Sw.  8'     Stᵈ Diapᵑ Bass       12
Sw.  4'     Flute Harmonic       58
Sw.  8'     Trumpet Treble       46
Sw.  8'     Trumpet Bass         12
            Tremulo  [sic]

     PEDAL
Ped. 16'    Bourdon              27

     COUPLERS (Drawknob)
Sw. to Ped. Coupler
Gt. to Ped. Coupler

Sw. to Gt. Coupler

     FOOT TRUNDLES (Unlabeled; l-r)
Great Piano - Reduces full Gt. to 8' Mel. & 8' Dulc.

Great Forte - Full: 8, 8, 8, 4, 2, 2 Rks.

     PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression             (bal.)

     ACCESSORIES
Bellows Signal
Adjustable key depth screws atop each key cheek


[Submitted by Jmes R. Stettner  April 15, 2023.]

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#8248 - E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings Opus 759 (1874)