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Montréal, Canada (Québec) - Saint Andrews - Dominion-Douglas Church (Westmount)
Municipal: Montréal
Address: 687 Roslyn Avenue, H3Y 2V1, Westmount, QC
Description nr.: 2001819.
Built by: firma Rudolf von Beckerath (1959)
On November 29, 1959, a new organ built by the German firm of Von Beckerath was inaugurated at the Queen Mary Road United Church in Montréal-Westmount. Robert Noehren, organist from the University of Michigan (USA) played the instrument on this occasion. The organ is special because it was the first mechanical slider chest organ to be installed in a Canadian church in many decades. Two small organs had already been supplied by Rieger and by Ott to private individuals. In 1994 the organ was overhauled by Hellmuth Wolff & Associes and transferred to Saint Andrews Church. Wolff added two stops, but furthermore the instrument was unmodified.
Short list of all locations the organ has been
Technical data
Specification
Hauptwerk (C-g'''): Quintadena 16', Prinzipal 8', Rohrflöte 8', Oktave 4', Spielflöte 4', Nasat 2 2/3', Waldflöte 2', Mixtur 4-6 fach, Trompete 8'.
Brustwerk (C-g'''): Gedackt 8', Rohrflöte 4', Prinzipal 2', Nasat 1 1/3', Oktave 1', Sesquialtera 2 fach, Scharf 3-4 fach, Krummhorn 8', Tremulant.
Pedal (C-g'): Prinzipal 16' - 1994, Subbass 16', Prinzipal 8', Spitzgedackt 8', Oktave 4', Nachthorn 2', Mixtur 5 fach, Fagott 16', Posaune 16' - 1994, Trompete 8', Schalmei 4'.
Couplers: Hauptwerk - Brustwerk, Pedal - Hauptwerk, Pedal - Brustwerk.
Montréal, Canada (Québec) - Saint Andrews - Dominion-Douglas Church (Westmount)
Municipal: Montréal
Address: 687 Roslyn Avenue, H3Y 2V1, Westmount, QC
Description nr.: 2001819.
Built by: firma Rudolf von Beckerath (1959)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1959 | firma Rudolf von Beckerath | new organ | 1994 | Hellmuth Wolff | 39 | transfer/relocate |
On November 29, 1959, a new organ built by the German firm of Von Beckerath was inaugurated at the Queen Mary Road United Church in Montréal-Westmount. Robert Noehren, organist from the University of Michigan (USA) played the instrument on this occasion. The organ is special because it was the first mechanical slider chest organ to be installed in a Canadian church in many decades. Two small organs had already been supplied by Rieger and by Ott to private individuals. In 1994 the organ was overhauled by Hellmuth Wolff & Associes and transferred to Saint Andrews Church. Wolff added two stops, but furthermore the instrument was unmodified.
Short list of all locations the organ has been
| 1959 | Westmount, QC | Queen Mary Road United Church |
| 1994 | Westmount, QC | Saint Andrews - Dominion-Douglas Church |
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Hauptwerk | 9 |
| - Brustwerk | 8 |
| - Pedal | 11 |
| Total number of stops | 28 |
| Key action | Mechanical |
| Stop action | Mechanical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Hauptwerk (C-g'''): Quintadena 16', Prinzipal 8', Rohrflöte 8', Oktave 4', Spielflöte 4', Nasat 2 2/3', Waldflöte 2', Mixtur 4-6 fach, Trompete 8'.
Brustwerk (C-g'''): Gedackt 8', Rohrflöte 4', Prinzipal 2', Nasat 1 1/3', Oktave 1', Sesquialtera 2 fach, Scharf 3-4 fach, Krummhorn 8', Tremulant.
Pedal (C-g'): Prinzipal 16' - 1994, Subbass 16', Prinzipal 8', Spitzgedackt 8', Oktave 4', Nachthorn 2', Mixtur 5 fach, Fagott 16', Posaune 16' - 1994, Trompete 8', Schalmei 4'.
Couplers: Hauptwerk - Brustwerk, Pedal - Hauptwerk, Pedal - Brustwerk.
| Literature |
l'Orgue de l'église St Andrew's-Dominion-Douglas de Westmount / Hellmuth Wolff. - In: Mixtures, Février 1995. |
| Recordings |
Beckerath retrospective / Alison J. Luedecke. - Raven Records OAR-610 (2CD). |