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Winnipeg, Canada (Manitoba) - Saint John's Anglican Cathedral
Municipal: Winnipeg
Address: 135 Anderson Avenue, R2W 5M9, Winnipeg
Website: http://stjohnscathedral.ca/

Description nr.: 2043989.

Built by: Casavant Frères (1927) - opus 1198

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1927 Casavant Frères1198 new organ
1955 Casavant Frères  enlargement
1980 Casavant Frères  maintenance/reparations

In 1927 bouwde Casavant een tweeklaviers orgel voor Saint John's Church in Winnipeg. In de jaren 1951-1955 is het orgel omgebouwd en uitgebreid in een aantal fasen (1951, 1953 en 1955). Daarbij is onder andere het Choir Organ geplaatst. In 1980 voerde Casavant groot onderhoud uit.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great Organ8
- Swell Organ13
- Choir Organ8
- Pedal Organ10 (6)
Total number of stops39 (35)
Key actionElectropneumatic
Stop actionElectropneumatic
Windchest(s)Cone chests

Specification
Great Organ: Open Diapason 8', Principal 8', Rohrflöte 8', Octave 4', Spitzflöte 4', Super Octave 2', Mixture 4 ranks, Trumpet 8'.
Swell Organ: Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Viola da Gamba 8', Voix Celeste 8', Principal 4', Flauto Traverso 4', Flautino 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Fagotto 16', Trompette 8', Oboe 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Choir Organ: Cor de Nuit 8', Erzähler 8', Koppelflöte 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Piccolo 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Cromorne 8', State Trumpet 8', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ: Resultant 32', Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Gedeckt 16' - transmission, Octave 8' - extension, Stopped Flute 8' - extension, Octave 4', Trombone 16', Fagotto 16' - transmission, Tromba 8'.
Couplers: 13 Couplers.

Literature The Organ in Manitoba : A History of the Instruments, the Builders, and the Players / James B. Hartman. - Winnipeg : The University of Manitoba Press, 1997.