Pipe Organ Database

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Edward Lye & Sons (1899)

Location:

Knox Presbyterian Church
23 Melville Street
Dundas, ON L9H 1Z7 CA
Organ ID: 72615

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Presbyterian Churches
  • 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 Andrew Henderson on January 26, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • 15 ranks. 830 pipes. 2 manuals.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 58
  • Pedal Compass: 30
  • 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 a keyboard cover that can be lifted to form a music rack.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
  • Combination Action: Fixed mechanical system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard.
  • Has Combination Action Foot Trundles
We received the most recent update for this console from Andrew Henderson on January 26, 2023.
Andrew Henderson on January 26, 2023:

According to the contract, the instrument was to cost $1,550, the organ case was to be 16'4" wide and 5'6" to 5'10" deep, the organ case "of polished oak of special design, speaking front pipes richly decorated in gold leaf and colours in harmony with interior of church."

We received the most recent update for this note from Andrew Henderson on January 26, 2023.
Taken from the contract: Open In New Tab Originally published April 1, 1899
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Andrew Henderson on January 26, 2023.

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