Casavant
Opus 800, 1919

St. Basil's Catholic Church

50 St. Joseph Street
Toronto, ON, CA

48 Ranks - 3,180 Pipes
Instrument ID: 26285 ● Builder ID: 7867 ● Location ID: 35049
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions43 Stops43 RegistersElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)
Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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DETAILS

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Database Manager on July 16th, 2015:

Updated through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. The cost was $ 12, 450.00.

Database Manager on June 8th, 2007:

This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified through online information from Stanley R. Scheer. -- 15 independent registers/17 ranks were retained from the 1887 S. R. Warren & Sons.

  • A new console was provided by Casavant as Op. 2578 (1960)
  • In 1962, Gabriel Kney installed new Swell Mixtures and a Chalumeau 4' on the Choir
  • In 1981, the organ was cleaned, re-leathered and tonally revised by Alan T. Jackson of Toronto in collaboration with Casavant Frères.

Related Instrument Entries: S. R. Warren & Sons (1887)

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