Edward Lye & Sons
1897
St. George's Anglican Church [1884] [now All Saints' Anglican]
248 Vidal Street North
Sarnia, ON, CA
19 Ranks - 1,010 Pipes
Instrument ID: 59417 ● Builder ID: 1871 ● Location ID: 40517
⬆️ These are database IDs that may change. Don't use as academic reference.EXPLORE IMAGESVIEW STOPLISTSomething not quite correct?Suggest an Edit
This instrument has multiple revisions:
IMAGES
Something missing or not quite correct?Add ImageorSuggest an Edit
STOPLISTS
| Great | ||
| 8' | Open Diapason🛈 | 58 |
| 8' | Dulciana🛈 | 46 |
| 8' | Clarabella🛈 | 46 |
| 8' | Stopped Diapason Bass | 12 |
| 4' | Harmonic Flute🛈 | 58 |
| 4' | Principal🛈 | 58 |
| 2' | Fifteenth🛈 | 58 |
| 8' | Swell to Great |
| Swell | ||
| 16' | Bourdon Treble🛈 | 46 |
| 16' | Bourdon Bass🛈 | 12 |
| 8' | Open Diapason🛈 | 58 |
| 8' | Viol di Gamba🛈 | 46 |
| 8' | Stopped Diapason Treble🛈 | 46 |
| 8' | Stopped Diapason Bass🛈 | 12 |
| 4' | Flute a Cheminee🛈 | 58 |
| 4' | Octave🛈 | 58 |
| 2' | Harmonic Piccolo🛈 | 58 |
| II | Cornett [sic]🛈 | 116 |
| 8' | Cornopeon🛈 | 58 |
| 8' | Oboe🛈 | 46 |
| Pedal | ||
| 16' | Grand Open Diapason🛈 | 30 |
| 16' | Bourdon🛈 | 30 |
| 8' | Great to Pedal | |
| 8' | Swell to Pedal |
Two combination pedals to Great. Two combination pedals to Swell. tremolo pedal to Swell. Balance Swell Pedal.
Pipe counts and details updated from original contract specification (May 12, 1897). Original quote for the Lye organ of St. George's Anglican Church, Sarnia. In possession of a member of the Organ Committee of Central Methodist Church, Sarnia, who received a quote for the same organ that he heard at its opening recital on Oct. 6, 1897.
Originally Written/Published: Oct. 13, 1897
Something missing or not quite correct?Add StoplistorSuggest an Edit
CONSOLES
Features:
2 Manuals ✓ Combination Trundle(s)✓ Coupler Trundle(s)Stop Layout: Unknown
Expression Type: Unknown
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
Something missing or not quite correct?Add ConsoleorSuggest an Edit
DETAILS
from the original contract dated May 14, 1897, cost $2000. See DOCUMENTS tab for complete document:
Note
Stops marked X to be supplied by a leading English /London/ Pipe Maker and Voicer. The quality of tone of the highest quality.
The case to be of polished oak, having two fronts. The speaking front pipes to be illuminated in gold and silver leaf and colors in an artistic & chaste manner.
Guarantee
The organ is guaranteed by us for 10 ten years from defects arising from the use of inferior material or wokrmanship, ordinary wear and tear excepted. The organ to kept in tune and good order for one year free of charge.
Edward Lye & Sons
Organ was promised to be complete and installed by 1 October 1897
Database Manager on September 11th, 2016:
This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Ian Mason, using information found in Newspaper article. Sarnia Daily Observer. Sarnia, Ontario. Wed. Oct. 6, 1897, pg. 2.
Related Instrument Entries: Woodstock Organ Builders (1941) , Dubay Organs Co. (1985)
Something missing or not quite correct?Add NoteorAdd WebpageorAdd Cross ReferenceorSuggest an Edit