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The
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Organ
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"Let everything
that has breath praise the Lord." (Ps. 150)
The pipe organ is to be held in high
esteem in the Latin Church, as its traditional instrument, and one that
adds a wonderful splendour to the Church’s ceremonies, and is powerful in
raising man’s mind to God and heavenly things." (Instruction on Sacred
Music, May 14, 1967) |
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Original Organ
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The Karn-Warren Organ, made by D.
W. Karn & Co. of Woodstock, Ontario, was installed in the Cathedral
in the fall of 1900. It is described as having three manuals of 61 notes
each and pedal of 30 notes, with a total number of pipes 2468. The organ
was restored by Casavant Frères in Ste. Hyacinthe, Quebec in 1999. It now
has a new console of 3 manuals and a pedal board of 32 notes with 42 stops,
51 ranks of pipes totally 2899 new and restored pipes. It has the reputation
of being the oldest romantic-style organ of its kind in BC remaining
in its original place. |
Recent Pictures
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The Organ console |
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Pedal & Swell stop drawknobs |
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Manuals (top to bottom) Swell, Great Choir
manuals, couplers, thumb pistons. |
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Great and Choir stop drawknobs |
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Pedalboard, Swell and Crescendo pedals,
toe studs |
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A view of the altar taken from the loft |
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The Rose Window shines through the pipes
on a late fall day |
Organ Specifications
Karn-Warren
Pipe Organ
The Organ
has:
- 2,899 Pipes
- 51 Ranks
- 42 Stops
- 3 Manuals
Newly restored by Casavant Frères. |
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Organ
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| Great
Double Open 16
Open Diapason 8
Principal 8
Dolce 8
Doppel Flute 8
Wald Flute 4
Principal 4
Twelfth 2-2/3
Fifteenth 2
Mixture IV-V 1-1/3
Trumpet 8
Clarion 4 |
Choir
Geigen Principal 8
Dulciana 8
Melodia 8
Gamba 8
Harmonic Flute 4
Fugara 4
Harmonic Piccolo 2
Quint Flute 1-1/3
Clarinet 8
Tremulant
Choir 16'
Choir 4' |
| Swell
Bourdon 16
Open Diapason 8
Viola di Gamba 8
Salicional 8
Voix Celeste 8
Stopped Diapason 8
Flauto Dolce 4
Principal 4
Flautino 2
Cornet II 2-2/3
Mixture V 2
Bassoon 16
Cornopean 8
Oboe 8
Vox Humana 8
Clarion 4
Tremulant
Sw. 16'
Sw. 4'
Sw. Unison Off |
Pedal
Resultant 32
Contrabass 16
Open Diapason 16
Subbass 16
Sw. Bourdon 16
Octave Bass 8
Bass Flute 8
Octave 4
Trombone 16
Bassoon 16
Gt. Trumpet 8
Sw. Oboe 4 |
Analysis
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Stops |
Ranks |
Pipes |
| Great |
12 |
16 |
940 |
| Swell |
15 |
20 |
1220 |
| Choir |
9 |
9 |
549 |
| Pedal |
6 |
6 |
190 |
| Total |
42 |
51 |
2899 |
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