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Photo: Helmuth Wolff.

Photo: Helmuth Wolff

Toronto, Canada (Ontario) - University of Toronto, Knox College Chapel
Municipal: Toronto
Address: 59 South George Street, M5S 2E6, Toronto, ON
Website: https://knox.utoronto.ca/

Description nr.: 2003712.

Built by: Hellmuth Wolff (1991) - opus 33


For the University of Toronto's Knox College Chapel, Helmuth Wolff built a three-manual organ based on the instrument made by Johan Niklas Cahman in Leufata, Sweden. The metal pipes were manufactured by the companies Ulrich Meisinger and Martin Pasi. The composition of the mixtures is according to Cahman's specifications. When the register knob is in the half-drawn position, the 16-foot choirs and the third choirs of the mixtures are not used.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Hufwudwerket9
- Bröstwerket6 (5)
- Rygg-Positiw9 (8)
- Pedal8
Total number of stops32 (30)
Key actionMechanical
Stop actionMechanical
Windchest(s)Slider chests
Pitcha' = 440 Hz
Temperament1/5-komma Meantone
Wind pressure84 mm

Specification
Hufwudwerket (C-f'''): Qwintadena 16', Principal 8', Ror Fleut 8', Octawa 4', Spets Fleut 4', Qwinta 2 2/3', Super Octava 2', Mixtur 3 ranks - With Tierces: 5 ranks, Trumpet 8'.
Bröstwerket (CDEFGA-d'''): Gedagt 8', Fleut 4', Wald Fleut 2', Qwinta 1 1/3' - from Tertjan, Tertjan 2 ranks, Regal 8'.
Rygg-Positiv (C-f'''): Gedagt 8', Qwintadena 8', Principal 4', Gedagt Fleut 4', Qwinta 2 2/3' - from Sexqwialtera, Octawa 2', Sexqwialtera 2 ranks, Mixtur 2 ranks - With Tierces: 4 ranks, Dulcian 8'.
Pedal (C-f'): Subb Bass 16', Principal 8', Gedagt 8', Octawa 4', Mixtur 5 ranks, Basun 16', Trumpet 8', Cornett 2'.
Couplers: Hufwudwerket - Rygg-Positiv (schuifkoppel), Pedal - Hufwudwerket, Pedal - Rygg-Positiv.
Accessories: Tremulant, Winker, Fogelsang.

Literature Organs of Toronto / Alan Jackson & James Bailey. - Toronto Centre : Royal Canadian College of Organists, 2002.

Photo: Helmuth Wolff.
Photo: Helmuth Wolff