Casavant Frères Ltée.
Opus 1611, 1939
Originally Casavant Frères Ltée. (Opus 138, 1901)
First Congregational Church (1911)
397 Kent Street
Ottawa (Centretown), ON, CA
18 Ranks - 3 Physical Divisions
Instrument ID: 53433 ● Builder ID: 1116 ● Location ID: 46745
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2 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal3 Divisions18 Stops20 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ CrescendoStop Layout: Unknown
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Jim Stettner on April 6th, 2025:
Updated through online information from Julian Girard (March 31, 2025): Facebook post from Heather Bess MacIntosh says, "It is an unfortunate and painful story but what is left of our 1911 Cassavant et Frères 8 rank pipe organ is a pedalboard and pipes. The pedalboard and pipes can be made available to a church or community organization for the cost of removal. Depending on the stop, I can arrange shipping or even bring them myself. This was a very beloved instrument that has become an organ donor, pun intended, when the console was removed with a reciprocating saw."
Updated through online information from Julian Girard (March 31, 2025): Facebook post from Heather Bess MacIntosh says, "It is an unfortunate and painful story but what is left of our 1911 Cassavant et Frères 8 rank pipe organ is a pedalboard and pipes. The pedalboard and pipes can be made available to a church or community organization for the cost of removal. Depending on the stop, I can arrange shipping or even bring them myself. This was a very beloved instrument that has become an organ donor, pun intended, when the console was removed with a reciprocating saw."
Jim Stettner on February 28th, 2024:
This was a rebuild and enlargement of the existing organ from First Congregational Church.
Database Manager on April 9th, 2020:
The congregation was a 1926 merger of First Congregational and Westminster Presbyterian Churches; Op. 1611 retained the case and most of the pipework from 1901 Casavant Op. 138; in 2007 the congregation moved to shared facilities with All Saints' Anglican Church and Op. 1611 was offered for sale.
Database Manager on September 9th, 2014:
Identified through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. The tonal director was Stephen Stoot.
Related Instrument Entries: Albert E. Breckels (1912) , Casavant Frères Ltée. (Opus 138, 1901)
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