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Cumberland (British Columbia), Canada (British Columbia) - Weird Church (previously United Church)
Municipal: Cumberland (British Columbia)
Address: 2688 Penrith Avenue, V0R 1S0, Cumberland, BC
Website: https://www.weirdchurchcumberland.com/
Description nr.: 2043382.
Built by: Alfred Hunter & Son (1878)
Short list of all locations the organ has been
Technical data
Specification
Manual (C-g'''): Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Dulciana 8' (TC), Principal 4', Flute 4', Fifteenth 2'.
Pedal (C-d'): Stopped Flute 16'.
Couplers: Manual to Pedal.
Cumberland (British Columbia), Canada (British Columbia) - Weird Church (previously United Church)
Municipal: Cumberland (British Columbia)
Address: 2688 Penrith Avenue, V0R 1S0, Cumberland, BC
Website: https://www.weirdchurchcumberland.com/
Description nr.: 2043382.
Built by: Alfred Hunter & Son (1878)
Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1878 | Alfred Hunter & Son | new organ | 1996 | Grant Smalley | restoration |
- In 1878 Alfred Hunter & Son built an organ for Saint Paul's Church in Esquimalt. It was dismantled and stored in 1912. It later ended up in Saint George's Presbyterian Church in Courtenay. In 1946 it was donated to the United Church in Cumberland.
- Grant Smalley carried out a restoration in 1996, and he also moved the organ within the church building. Today the church is in use by the congregation of Weird Church.
Short list of all locations the organ has been
1878 | Esquimalt | Saint Paul's Church |
Courtenay | Saint George's Presbyterian Church | |
1946 | Cumberland | United Church |
Technical data
Number of stops per division | |
- Manual | 6 |
- Pedal | 1 |
Total number of stops | 7 |
Key action | Mechanical |
Stop action | Mechanical |
Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Manual (C-g'''): Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Dulciana 8' (TC), Principal 4', Flute 4', Fifteenth 2'.
Pedal (C-d'): Stopped Flute 16'.
Couplers: Manual to Pedal.