Pipe Organ Database

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C. Franklin Legge Organ Co. (Opus 211, 1947)

Location:

St. John's West Toronto Anglican Church
288 Humberside Avenue
Toronto, ON M6P 1L5 CA
Sanctuary
Organ ID: 72096

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Episcopal and Anglican Churches
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Matteo Spadafora on June 06, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • 23 ranks. 1,403 pipes. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 21 stops. 34 registers.
Chancel:
  • Built by Casavant Frères Ltée.
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 21
  • Registers: 34
  • Position: Console in fixed position, left.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Matteo Spadafora on June 06, 2023.
Matteo Spadafora on November 12, 2022:

At some point (possibly ca. 2000), the former console was replaced with the console from Casavant Op. 1315, presumably from the organ in Darke Hall at Regina College, Sask.

We received the most recent update for this note from Matteo Spadafora on November 12, 2022.
Based on stoplist in "Organs of Toronto" by A. Jackson and J. Bailey; supplemented by visit to console & chambers: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Matteo Spadafora on June 06, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Console side view: Photograph by Matteo Spadafora. Taken on 2023-05-23

Left stop jamb: Photograph by Matteo Spadafora. Taken on 2023-05-23

Right stop jamb: Photograph by Matteo Spadafora. Taken on 2023-05-23

Console keydesk with great pipework in the background: Photograph by St. John's West Toronto Website, submitted by Matteo Spadafora. Taken approx. 2023