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Stratford ON, Canada (Ontario) - Knox Presbyterian Church
Municipal: Stratford ON
Region:Perth County
Address: 142 Ontario Street, N5A 7Y4, Stratford, ON
Description nr.: 2025271.
Built by: Karn-Morris Piano & Organ Company (1915)
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ: Double Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason I 8', Open Diapason II 8', Dulciana 8', Gamba Celeste 8', Doppel Flute 8', Waldflute 4', Principal 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 4-6 ranks, Posaune 8', Cathedral Trumpet 8' - on Rear Gallery.
Choir Organ: Violin Diapason 8', Clarabella 8', Viol d’Amour 8', Viol d’Orchestre 8', Harmonic Flute 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Piccolo 2', Clarinet 8', Tremulant, Chimes, Cathedral Trumpet 8' - from Great.
Swell Organ: Open Diapason 8', Viole da Gamba 8', Voix Celeste 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Flauto Traverso 4', Flageolet 2', Cornet Mixture 3 ranks, Fagot 16', Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Vox Humana 8', Tremulant, Cathedral Trumpet 8' - from Great.
Pedal Organ: Contra Bourdon 32' - 1997; digital, Contra Violone 32' - 1997; digital, Open Metal 16' - 1997; digital, Open Wood 16', Bourdon 16', Octave Wood 8', Bass Flute 8', Violoncello 8', Pommer 4', Contra Posaune 32' - 1997; digital, Trombone 16', Fagotto 16' - from Swell, Cathedral Trumpet 8' - from Great.
Couplers: Choir to Great (16', 8', 4'), Swell to Great (16', 8', 4'), Swell to Choir (16', 8', 4'), Great to Pedal (8', 4'), Choir to Pedal (8', 4'), Swell to Pedal (8', 4'), Great Octave, Great Suboctave, Swell Octave, Swell Suboctave, Swell Unison Off.
Stratford ON, Canada (Ontario) - Knox Presbyterian Church
Municipal: Stratford ON
Region:Perth County
Address: 142 Ontario Street, N5A 7Y4, Stratford, ON
Description nr.: 2025271.
Built by: Karn-Morris Piano & Organ Company (1915)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1915 | Karn-Morris Piano & Organ Company | new organ | 1959 | Werner Knoch | rebuild | 1959 | Werner Walcker-Mayer | maintenance/reparations | 1986 | Dodington & Dodington | restoration and enlargement | 1997 | Walker (Pennsylvania) | enlargement |
- The first organ at Knox Presbyterian Church in Stratford was built in 1898 by D.W. Churn with three manuals and pedal. It was rebuilt in 1912 by the Casavant firm as opus 515. On May 13, 1913, the organ was lost in a major fire. After rebuilding the church, Karn-Morris installed a new organ. This was converted in 1958/1959 by Werner Knoch. They obtained the material from the Walcker company. There was a new three-manual console, partly new pipes, new windchests and mechanisms. The organ now had 40 stops.
- In 1986 it was overhauled by Dodington & Dodington and expanded with two reeds. Another console was installed, built in 1975 by Casavant for the Christ United Methodist Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Walcker's console was placed in the Rehoboth Christian Reformed Church in Niagara Falls after an overhaul.
- The company Walker from Pennsylvania expanded the organ in 1997 with some digital registers on the pedal.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 13 |
| - Choir Organ | 9 (8) |
| - Swell Organ | 13 (12) |
| - Pedal Organ | 13 (7) |
| Total number of stops | 48 (40) |
| Key action | Electropneumatic |
| Stop action | Electropneumatic |
| Windchest(s) | Cone chests |
Specification
Great Organ: Double Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason I 8', Open Diapason II 8', Dulciana 8', Gamba Celeste 8', Doppel Flute 8', Waldflute 4', Principal 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 4-6 ranks, Posaune 8', Cathedral Trumpet 8' - on Rear Gallery.
Choir Organ: Violin Diapason 8', Clarabella 8', Viol d’Amour 8', Viol d’Orchestre 8', Harmonic Flute 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Piccolo 2', Clarinet 8', Tremulant, Chimes, Cathedral Trumpet 8' - from Great.
Swell Organ: Open Diapason 8', Viole da Gamba 8', Voix Celeste 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Flauto Traverso 4', Flageolet 2', Cornet Mixture 3 ranks, Fagot 16', Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Vox Humana 8', Tremulant, Cathedral Trumpet 8' - from Great.
Pedal Organ: Contra Bourdon 32' - 1997; digital, Contra Violone 32' - 1997; digital, Open Metal 16' - 1997; digital, Open Wood 16', Bourdon 16', Octave Wood 8', Bass Flute 8', Violoncello 8', Pommer 4', Contra Posaune 32' - 1997; digital, Trombone 16', Fagotto 16' - from Swell, Cathedral Trumpet 8' - from Great.
Couplers: Choir to Great (16', 8', 4'), Swell to Great (16', 8', 4'), Swell to Choir (16', 8', 4'), Great to Pedal (8', 4'), Choir to Pedal (8', 4'), Swell to Pedal (8', 4'), Great Octave, Great Suboctave, Swell Octave, Swell Suboctave, Swell Unison Off.
| Literature |
Die Gestaltung des Orgelspieltisches / Werner Walcker-Mayer. - Ludwigsburg : E.F. Walcker & Cie., 1968. |