Pipe Organ Database

a project of the organ historical society

Rudolf von Beckerath (1960)

Location:

Oratoire-St-Joseph-du-Mont-Royal
3800 Queen Mary Road
Montréal, QC H3V 1H6 CA
Organ ID: 7811

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ has been renovated with changes 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 Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 118 ranks. 5,811 pipes. 5 manuals. 78 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: Exposed pipes or case front visible in a gallery at the rear of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 5
  • Stops: 78
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on August 27, 2012:

Updated through online information from Samuel Martin. -- This organ was originally built in Hamburg, Germany in 1959, and then dismantled and rebuilt in Montreal in 1960. It has undergone only one major restoration since it was built - an extensive restoration which took place from October 2011 to April 2012 both onsite and off-site by Juget-Sinclair.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Status Note: There 1999

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

[Stoplist from one source (web) in German, other in French. Which is on the console?]

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
From St. Joseph's Oratory Website: Open In New Tab Originally published November 2016
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Owen Lenzmeier on May 17, 2021.

Instrument Images:

Façade: Photograph by Samuel Martin. Taken on 2012-07-29

Nave, Balcony, and Organ Cases: Photograph by Raymond Quick. Taken on 2016-04-24