Richard Sugden Williams (& Sons)
1898
St. Paul's Church [Basilica]
83 Power Street
Toronto, ON, CA
26 Ranks - 1,428 Pipes
Instrument ID: 1602 ● Builder ID: 6766 ● Location ID: 1557
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Unknown
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: Unknown
Features:
2 Manuals 30 Note Pedal3 Divisions22 Stops27 RegistersMechanical (Balanced Tracker) Key ActionMechanical Stop ActionStop Layout: Unknown
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
Exhibited in the 2023 OHS convention(s)
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
In 1898 the R.S. Williams & Sons organ was installed. The organ may have been built before this date for another church and moved to St. Paul’s in 1898. Williams’ retail business operated in Toronto from 1879, when it was renamed R.S. Williams & Son.[Encyclopedia of Music in Canada, 2nd ed., edited by Helmut Kallman and Gilles Potvin (Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1992), 1002.] The name on the console add “s” (“Sons”), a late form of the name, so it is clear that the organ was built after 1879 and before 1898. No documents have been found relating to the purchase of the organ. The Williams factory was in Oshawa, where the firm built many thousands of pianos—possibly 67,000 instruments—before it succumbed to the Great Depression in 1929. All the other Toronto Williams organs have been rebuilt or removed. -- 2023 OHS Handbook
Database Manager on May 3rd, 2013:
Updated through online information from John Speller. -- Organ restored by Gabriel Kney, 1977.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1997
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Restored Kney 1977. Playable 1997, but not used.
Webpage Links: St. Paul\'s Basilica, Toronto, ON.
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