Pipe Organ Database

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Karn-Warren Organ Co. (1903)

Location:

First Presbyterian / First United Church
320 East Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC V6A 1P4 CA
Organ ID: 49221

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: United Church of Canada
  • The organ has been rebuilt or substantially revised.
  • 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: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 13 stops.
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 13
  • 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 January 22, 2012:

Identified through online information from Sipke Pijl. -- Between 1885 and 1925 (i.e., during the time that the organ was built), the church was known as the First Presbyterian Church. In 1925, First Presbyterian amalgamated with First Methodist Church, becoming First United Church. The organ was electrified by Casavant (with a new console) in 1950, then rebuilt by Keefer in 1964.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist from documents in the United Church Archives at the Vancouver School of Theology
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Pipe façade, with choir: Archival photograph, courtesy of Sipke Pijl. Taken on 1945-08-09