Wm. Hill & Sons and Norman & Beard Ltd.
1957

Originally J. W. Walker (1872)

Christ Church Cathedral

930 Burdett Avenue
Victoria, BC, CA

Instrument ID: 44281 ● Builder ID: 7108 ● Location ID: 22219
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Features:
4 Manuals 5 Divisions61 StopsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)

Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location

Database Manager on October 19th, 2009:
Identified through on-line information from Douglas Adams. -- Based on the 1929 rebuild (ID 44323) of the 1872 Walker organ. Organ enlarged from 3 to 4 manuals, 31 to 61 stops. Main additions: cantilevered neo-classical Choir division; facade of new pedal pipes; new console. Contract cost: $41,500. Rebuilt and relocated to gallery in 1980. Ref: Canadian Music Journal, Vol. 2, No. 4, Summer 1958, pp 27-33

Related Instrument Entries: Chandos G. Dix (1929) , J. W. Walker (Opus 972, 1872) , Keates-Geissler Pipe Organs Ltd (1980)

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