Dodington & Dodington Pipe Organ Services Inc.
2010

Originally Casavant Frères Ltée. (Opus 2189, 1953)

Bedford [now Sandwich] United Church

3340 Sandwich Street
Windsor, ON, CA

15 Ranks - 951 Pipes
Instrument ID: 63655 ● Builder ID: 7901 ● Location ID: 47364
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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Paul R. Marchesano on September 19th, 2025:

Casavant Frères Ltee St. Hyacynthe, PQ, installed Opus 2189, a seven rank instrument, in Parker Street United Church in Sarnia, Ontario in 1953. Dodington and Dodington Pipe Organ Services, Inc. Aylmer, Ontario, relocated it to Bedford United Church in the summer of 2010. Pipes and chimes from Chalmers United Church in Woodstock, Ontario were added. Digital stops were installed by Walker Technical Co. The result is a 2 manual, 54 stop, 15 rank organ with 951 pipes, including a floating positiv division (located above the main entrance doors) controllable from either keyboard or the pedalboard. The console has been refitted with a fully midi-capable solid state action.

The 1953 console was gutted and refitted with MIDI keyboards and stop action.

Information from RCCO Windsor-Essex Centre webpage for this organ


Ian Mason on May 29th, 2023:

Opus 2189 was removed and installed in Bedford United Church, now known as Sandwich United Church, Windsor, ON by Dodington & Dodington of Aylmer, ON in Summer, 2010.


Database Manager on February 28th, 2019:

Updated by Ian Mason, listing this web site as a source of information: http://www.rcco-windsor.com/organs-of-windsor-and-essex-county/bedford-united-church/.

Dodington and Dodington Pipe Organ Services, Inc. Aylmer, Ontario, relocated it to Bedford United Church in the summer of 2010.


Database Manager on February 28th, 2019:

Casavamt Opus 2189 installed Parker Street United Church in Sarnia, Ontario in 1953. Relocated to Bedford United Church in Windsor, Ontario in 2010 by Dodington and Dodington Pipe Organ Services, Inc. Aylmer, Ontario. Pipes and chimes from Chalmers United Church in Woodstock, Ontario were also added. Digital stops were installed by Walker Technical Co.


Database Manager on February 28th, 2019:

This is a new home for an organ that was altered when it was moved from another location.

Identified by Ian Mason, listing this web site as a source of information: see below, WEB PAGES


Database Manager on February 28th, 2019:

This is a new home for an organ that was altered when it was moved from another location.
Identified by Ian Mason, listing this web site as a source of information: http://www.rcco-windsor.com/organs-of-windsor-and-essex-county/bedford-united-church/.
Components of the 2010 installation by Dodington & Dodington in Bedford United Church were first installed in the 4-manual Woodstock organ (Woodstock Pipe Organ Builders Co. Ltd.) of Chalmers United Church, Woodstock, ON. The organ was installed in time for the opening of Chalmers Church in May, 1929.

Webpage Links: RCCO Windsor-Essex Centre: Bedford United Church

Related Instrument Entries: Woodstock Organ Builders (1929) , Casavant Frères Ltée. (Opus 2189, 1953)

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