Yorkminster Park Baptist Church
1585 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON, CA
Images
2023-07-08 - Chancel and console (Photograph by Alan Caradus, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2020-06-10 - Church interior to rear (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-04-16 - Church interior to front (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-07-06 - Console (Photograph by Jim Tartella, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2018 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
- 4 manuals
- 75 stops
- 89 registers
- 5 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Combination action: Computerized/Digital
- Has sequencer
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2004-10-30 - Builder's Nameplate: Allan T. Jackson -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - The original builder was Casavant Frères (1928, Opus 1241). -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1997 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Originally 4m, 69st, 69rk. Enlarged 1965 and 1971, with new Great. New console 1975. 1985-1988, conversion of Gt, Sw, and Ch chests to Pitman action and schwimmer wind. Trumpet stops cut to dead length. 1988-pedal chests moved and pedal principal upperwork added. Rebuilt again 1990's. 1994 program says 16 rebuilds and additions. Jackson is Casavant rep. -Database Manager
2006-09-14 - Updated through online information from William Maddox. -- Trompeta Real re-ordered by Casavant, 1999; Zimbelstern added, 2005 Relocated Deagan Harp installed, 2006 -Database Manager
2011-03-15 - Updated through online information from William Maddox. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Typed Specification Source: Church website and AIO Convention Book 1988 Date not recorded
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church
Alan T. Jackson 1994 4 manuals, 75 stops, 101 ranks
Casavant Frères Ltée Opus 1241 1928 4 manuals, 69 stops, 69 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Principal 73 16' Bourdon 68
16' Quintaton 61 8' Open Diapason 68
8' Principal I 61 8' Clarabella 68
8' Principal II (fr. 16') -- 8' Stopped Diapason 68
8' Bourdon 61 8' Viol de Gamba 68
8' Gemshorn 61 8' Voix Celeste 68
4' Octave 61 8' Aeoline 68
4' Spitzflöte 61 4' Principal 68
2 2/3' Nazat 61 4' Flauto Traverso 68
2' Superoctave 61 2' Fifteenth 61
2' Blockflöte 61 2 2/3' Cornet I-II 110
1 1/3' Sesquialtera II 122 2' Fourniture IV 244
1 1/3' Mixtur IV 244 1' Cymbal IV 244
2/3' Sharf IV 244 16' Double Trumpet 68
16' Bombarde 61 16' Contra Fagott 68
8' Trompette 61 8' Trumpet 68
4' Clairon 61 8' Oboe 68
Chimes 8' Vox Humana 68
Great to Great 4' 4' Clarion 61
Great Unison Off Tremulant
8' Trompeta Real (Pos) -- Swell to Swell 16'
Swell to Swell 4'
CHOIR ORGAN Swell Unison Off
16' Contra Gamba 68 8' Trompeta Real (Pos) --
8' Salicional 68
8' Rohrflöte 68 PEDAL ORGAN
8' Flauto Dolce 68 32' Double Open Wood 38
8' Flute Celeste (TC) 56 (1-6 polyphonic)
4' Principal 68 16' Open Wood (fr. 32') --
4' Lieblichflöte 68 16' Contrebasse 32
2 2/3' Nazard 68 16' Principal 32
2' Piccolo 61 16' Violone 32
1 3/5' Tierce 61 16' Bourdon 44
2/3' Petite Mixture IV 244 16' Contra Gamba (Ch) --
16' Basson 80 16' Quintaton (Gt) --
8' Basson (fr. 16') -- 16' Gedackt 32
8' Clarinet 68 10 2/3' Quint 32
8' Cor Anglais 68 8' Octave 32
Tremulant 8' Bourdon (fr. 16') --
Chimes 8' Dulciana 32
Harp 49 bars 4' Choral Bass 32
Choir to Choir 16' 4' Flute 32
Choir to Choir 4' 2' Blockflöte 32
Choir Unison Off 5 1/3' Rauschquint III 96
8' Trompeta Real (Pos) -- 2 2/3' Mixture V 160
32' Bombardon 56
POSITIV ORGAN 16' Bombarde (fr. 32') --
8' Nason Gedackt 61 16' Basson (Ch) --
8' Violflöte 61 8' Trumpet (fr. 32') --
4' Principal 61 8' Basson (Ch) --
4' Koppelflöte 61 4' Clarion 32
2' Doublette 61 8' Trompeta Real (Pos) --
1 1/3' Quintflöte (GG) 54
1' Sifflöte 61
1/4' Zimbel IV 244
8' Krummhorn 61
Tremulant
Positiv to Positiv 16'
Positiv to Positiv 4'
Positiv Unison Off
8' Trompeta Real 61*
Zimbelstern 7 bells
* affected by intramanual couplers
COMBINATIONS (24 memory levels) COUPLERS
Great 8 (thumb) Great to Pedal 8 4
Swell 8 (thumb) Swell to Pedal 8 4
Choir 8 (thumb) Choir to Pedal 8 4
Positiv 6 (thumb) Positiv to Pedal 8 4
Pedal 8 (thumb & toe) Swell to Great 16 8 4
General 12 (thumb & toe) Choir to Great 16 8 4
General Cancel (thumb) Positiv to Great 16 8 4
Adjuster (thumb) Swell to Choir 16 8 4
Positiv to Choir 16 8 4
REVERSIBLES Choir to Positiv 16 8 4
Great to Pedal (thumb & toe)
Swell to Pedal (thumb & toe) INDICATOR LIGHTS
Choir to Pedal (thumb & toe) Full Organ
Positiv to Pedal (thumb & toe) Crescendo Pedal
Swell to Great (thumb) Wind
Choir to Great (thumb)
Positiv to Great (thumb) EXPRESSION
Swell to Choir (thumb) Balanced Pedal - Swell
Positiv to Choir (thumb) Balanced Pedal - Choir
Choir to Positiv (thumb) Crescendo Pedal (1 fixed, 2 adj.)
Full Organ (thumb & toe)
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2018-06-12]
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