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Sisterhood of
St John the Divine
Toronto, Ontario
Organ for the chapel of the
new convent of this Anglican women’s monastic
community which also offers facilities as retreat
center as well as a guest house for visitors and
kin of patients at the adjacent
St. John’s Rehabilitation Hospital.
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The organist
faces the font at a freestanding console flanked
by two posts which support that end of the
organ and contain the stop action. The narrow
end of the organ is suspended from the building’s
structure by a steel rod. The trackers go
up behind the music rack between panes of
glass. In elevation, the organ’s design
echoes the architect’s “protective
hand of God” motif seen in the shape
of the chapel ceiling; the façade pipes
a metaphor for the people. |
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MANUAL
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MANUAL
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PEDAL
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Principal
Bourdon
Octave
Fifteenth
Cornet |
8'
8'
4'
2'
III |
Viola
da Gamba
Stopt Diapason
Recorder
Fife
Trumpet |
8’
8’
4’
2’
8’ |
Bourdon |
16' |
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treble
2 2/3’ only on half draw, full range
Cornet on full draw
All stops under expression except the façade
stop.
Key compass: manuals C-g3, pedal C-f1
Pedalboard straight with radiating sharps
and parallel concave naturals
Manual coupler and two manual-to-pedal couplers;
tremulant
Mechanical playing action, mechanical stop
action; hand-forged stop levers and coupler
levers, open metal pipes cut to length and
cone tuned, stopped metal pipes with soldered-on
caps for tuning stability; wooden trackers
and action parts.
All stops are full length, including the Principal
8’, the Viola da Gamba, and the Trumpet,
the Console on floor and the case containing
the windchests and pipes overhead. Footprint
4 ½ ft sq. The upper section starts
11ft off the floor. The upper case is 16ft
tall and 10ft wide; in plan it has a wedge
shape 5ft deep at the south wall and 3ft deep
over the font. |
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