C. Franklin Legge Organ Co.
1925
Originally C. Franklin Legge Organ Co. (ca.1920)
Radio Station, CKNC
Rose Room
803 Davenport Road
Toronto, ON, CA
15 Ranks
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3 Manuals Electrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionStop Layout: Unknown
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The station signed on the air in 1925. Its original call sign was CKNC and it broadcast on 840 kHz. It was owned by the Canadian National Carbon Company. In January 1927, the station moved to 690 kHz, returning to 840 kHz a month later. The station then moved to 580 in 1928, and to 1030 in 1931.
-- information from Wikipedia
Ian Mason on August 8th, 2023:
"One of the best known Legge instruments, originally built for Casa Loma, Toronto, was a 15-rank three-manual organ with 100 stops and effects. It was purchased by CKNC (taken over in 1933 by the CBC) and was installed first in the CKNC Davenport Road studios and then in CBC studio 'G' where, until 1966, it was used for various radio programs including Nocturne. The instrument was associated mainly with the organist Quentin Maclean."
Source: https://archive.org/details/quentin-maclean-organ-j.-frank-willis-reader-nocturne-broadcast-cbc-radio-organ-and-poetry
Database Manager on May 6th, 2013:
Updated through online information from John Speller. -- Organ was equipped with roll-player.
Database Manager on May 3rd, 2013:
This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ.
Identified by John Speller, using information found in Brochure issued by the Franklin Legge Organ Company Ltd., Toronto, c. 1930.
-- The brochure is available online at: http://ia600709.us.archive.org/6/items/cfranklinleggeor00toro/cfranklinleggeor00toro.pdf
- "Quentin Maclean, Organ - Nocturne," on "Internet Archive" Quentin Maclean plays the 3/13 Legge organ at CBC Studios, Toronto, ON. This half-hour program was broadcast from 1933 to 1966 over Trans-Canada Network on Tuesday evenings at 11:30 PM.
Related Instrument Entries: C. Franklin Legge Organ Co. (ca.1920)
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