First Baptist Church

Casavant Frères Ltée. - Opus 2861 (1965)

Manuals
3
Stops
36
Key action
Electro-pneumatic
Stop action
Electric
Pipes (estimated)
2470
Type
Pipe
Divisions
4
Ranks
45

The organ at First Baptist Church began as Casavant Frères Opus 484, a three-manual instrument of 29 ranks built in 1912 for the congregation’s new Gothic Revival church on 4 Street SW. It replaced a 1905 D. W. Karn organ, which was sold to a church in Saskatoon that year.

In 1965 Casavant Frères Ltée. rebuilt and enlarged the instrument as Opus 2861. The work included tonal changes and a new three-manual drawknob console, and brought the organ to 44 ranks across Great, Swell, Choir and Pedal divisions. The reconstructed organ and renovated sanctuary were dedicated on 29 May 1966. Casavant added three more ranks in 1992.

Several stop names from the 1912 organ survive on the present console, among them the Swell Stopped Diapason, Voix Céleste, Harmonic Flute and Vox Humana and the Choir Clarinet. Alongside them are stops introduced in the rebuild, such as the Great Fourniture, the Choir Sesquialtera, and the Pedal Fourniture, Bombarde and Schalmei.

Console

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Stops

Great

Bourdon Doux 16′
Principal 8′
Flûte Majeure 8′
Stillflöte 8′
Octave 4′
Koppelflöte 4′
Superoctave 2′
Fourniture IV 1-1/3′
Trompette (from Ch) 8′
Great 4, Great Unison Off

Swell

Stopped Diapason 8′
Salicional 8′
Harmonic Flute 4′
Voix Céleste 8′
Nasat 2-2/3′
Geigen Principal 4′
Piccolo 2′
Plein Jeu III 2′
Trompette 8′
Basson 16′
Hautbois 8′
Vox Humana 8′
Tremulant
Swell 16, Swell 4, Swell Unison Off

Choir

Rohrpommer 8′
Kleinerzähler 8′
Kleinerzähler Celeste 8′
Chimney Flûte 4′
Flachflöte 2′
Quintflöte 1-1/3′
Sesquialtera II 2-2/3′
Clarinet 8′
Tremulant
Trompette Harmonique 8′
Choir 16, Choir 4, Choir Unison Off
Chimes (prepared)

Pedal

Contrebasse 16′
Bourdon 16′
Bourdon Doux (from Gt) 16′
Principal 8′
Bourdon (ext) 8′
Superoctave (ext) 4′
Doppelgedackt 4′
Doppelflöte (ext) 2′
Fourniture IV 2-2/3′
Bombarde 16′
Basson (from Sw) 16′
Schalmei 4′
Chimes (prepared)

Couplers

Great to Pedal 8′
Swell to Pedal 8′
Choir to Pedal 8′
Swell to Pedal 4′
Choir to Pedal 4′
Swell to Great 16′
Swell to Great 8′
Swell to Great 4′
Choir to Great 16′
Choir to Great 8′
Choir to Great 4′
Swell to Choir 16′
Swell to Choir 8′
Swell to Choir 4′

Combination System

Adjustable combination pistons

Thumb Pistons

Under Swell: Swell to Pedal, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Under Great: General 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Under Great: Great 1, 2, 3, 4
Under Great: Full Organ
Under Choir: Adjuster, 1, 2, 3, 4
Under Choir: Choir to Pedal, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Under Choir: Cancel