Pipe Organ Database

Hugo Spilker (1981)

Originally Georges Mayer (1966)

Location:

University of Victoria
Victoria, BC CA
Farquhar Auditorium, University Centre
Organ ID: 1792

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Status and Condition:

This instrument's location type is: Colleges and Universities
The organ is unaltered from its original state.
The organ's condition is unknown.

We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

Chests: Slider
35 ranks. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 24 stops.

Divisions

All:

Chest Type(s): Slider chests
Position: In a case at the front of the room.

We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Consoles

Main:

Manuals: 2
Divisions: 3
Stops: 24
Position: Keydesk attached.
Manual Compass: 56
Pedal Compass: 32
Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
Combination Action: No combination action.
Swell Control Type: No enclosed divisions.
Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard.

We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Notes

Neil Cardew-Fanning, MMus (UVic) on March 01, 2023:

Motor oiled in 2019, otherwise no tuning or other maintenance since 2017.  Access very limited; not regularly played.

We received the most recent update for this note from Neil Cardew-Fanning, MMus (UVic) on March 01, 2023.

Database Manager on February 19, 2007:

Updated through on-line information from Douglas Adams.

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

Database Manager on February 17, 2007:

Updated through on-line information from Douglas Adams.  -- Bought from St-Mathias parish, Arvida QC in 1978.    Main alteration: new casework to suit auditorium, with vertical separation of chests and keydesk increased by about 8 feet.    Hall seats 1233, church seated 350.  Narrow-scale pipework of thin material on a 0.75 hp blower.  Organo pleno is easily masked by other instruments or singers.    Organ major program discontinued by UVic School of Music in 2002, so organ now mainly used for convocation processionals.

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

Taken from console in 2022 & 1981 inaugural concert programme booklet : Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Neil Cardew-Fanning, MMus (UVic) on March 01, 2023.