Warren Church Organ Co.
1913

From the Brantford Daily Expositor (February 25, 1914): "The splendid new organ installed in Alexandra Presbyterian Church was formally opened last evening, when H. K. Jordan, choirmaster of Brant Avenue Methodist Church, who was the designer of the organ, gave a recital...though a two-manual organ, the new instrument is so designed as to give the same number of stops as a small three-manual organ. It includes new features designed by Mr. Jordan. One is a six-inch wind to the Great Organ, a second the four-inch wind to the Swell Organ, a seven-inch wind for the cornopean, and the couplers with the Great stops to draw independently on each organ...there are six couplers with the Great stops, seven tablet couplers and twelve thumb pistons. The Swell box and shutters are of sound proof construction. The tremulant is placed below the floor of the organs. The pedal board is a Wesley Willis one, with twelve feet [sic?] radiation. The organ bench is adjustable to various heights. The action is electro-pneumatic, and the console is detached."

From the Brantford Daily Expositor (June 9, 1913): "The organ in the new church, while not the largest or most costly in the city, contains features which have never before been introduced in any organ in Ontario. It is a two-manual instrument, and has an electo-pneumatic action. It was built by the Warren Organ Company of Woodstock, under the supervision of Mr. Henri K. Jordan, organ architect, and organist of Brant Avenue Church. The cost of the organ was approximately $4,000. One of the new features introduced is the high wind pressure. The average organ has a 3 1/2 inch pressure, but this organ has a 3 1/2, 4, 6, and 7 inch pressure. There are twelve stops on the small [Swell?] organ, which for an instrument of this size is unusual. There are eleven stops on the Great Organ, including six which may be drawn on either the Swell or Great. The reed section is represented by the vox humana, oboe, cornopean and dulce [sic] cornet. The pure church tone is well represented by three open diapasons of different scale. The voicing of the instrument is also a little unusual. The gamba is one of the purest in Ontario, being built on a very narrow scale. The tremulant has been placed beneath the floor of the church so as to be absolutely silent and the console is detached from the instrument. There are 25 couplers, tablets, adjustable pistons, etc. Several of the stops have been built on the principle of the unit system, that is, they may be drawn on either the swell or great organ, which practically doubles the tonal resources of the instrument. The system of couplers and pistons is absolutely new, and it will make the manipulation of the organ much easier than the old-fashioned plan. Every stop and tablet coupler and all the reversible pistons are adjustable. The pipes extend several notes beyond the keyboard, which is a distinct advantage in the use of super couplers."