Edward Lye & Sons
1899

Knox Presbyterian Church

23 Melville Street
Dundas, ON, CA

15 Ranks - 830 Pipes
Instrument ID: 69358 ● Builder ID: 1871 ● Location ID: 40691
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STOPLISTS

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  • Notes: 58 notes
  • Notes: (wood)
  • Notes: (wood)
16'
8'
8'
8'
4'
4'
2⅔'
2'
  • Notes: 58 notes
  • Notes: (wood)
  • Notes: (46 pipes, bottom 8ve grooved to Stopped Diapason)
8'
8'
8'
4'
2'
8'
  • Notes: 30 notes
  • Notes: (wood)
16'

Originally Written/Published: April 1, 1899

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CONSOLES

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Builder: Unknown
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Features:
2 Manuals (58 Notes)30 Note PedalMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action✓ Combination Trundle(s)
Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Fixed Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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DETAILS

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Ian Mason on April 29th, 2023:

The organ was not installed until 1902. A contract in the congregation's archives from Edward Lye & Sons to provide an organ at a cost of $1,550 is dated March 28, 1902.

Andrew Henderson on January 26th, 2023:

According to the contract, the instrument was to cost $1,550, the organ case was to be 16'4" wide and 5'6" to 5'10" deep, the organ case "of polished oak of special design, speaking front pipes richly decorated in gold leaf and colours in harmony with interior of church."

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