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Description complète d'orgue sélectionné
Montréal, Canada (Québec) - Saint Andrews - Dominion-Douglas Church (Westmount)
Commune: Montréal
Adresse: 687 Roslyn Avenue, H3Y 2V1, Westmount, QC

Description no.: 2001819.

Bâti par: firma Rudolf von Beckerath (1959)

AnnéeFacteurOpusActivité
1959 firma Rudolf von Beckerath  orgue neuf
1994 Hellmuth Wolff39 transfer

On November 29, 1959, a new organ built by the German firm of Von Beckerath was inaugurated at the Queen Mary Road United Church in Montréal-Westmount. Robert Noehren, organist from the University of Michigan (USA) played the instrument on this occasion. The organ is special because it was the first mechanical slider chest organ to be installed in a Canadian church in many decades. Two small organs had already been supplied by Rieger and by Ott to private individuals. In 1994 the organ was overhauled by Hellmuth Wolff & Associes and transferred to Saint Andrews Church. Wolff added two stops, but furthermore the instrument was unmodified.

Court sommaire des endroits où l'orgue s'est trouvé
1959Westmount, QCQueen Mary Road United Church
1994Westmount, QCSaint Andrews - Dominion-Douglas Church

Données techniques
Nombre de registres par manuel
- Hauptwerk9
- Brustwerk8
- Pedal11
Nombre de jeux total28
Transmission des clésMechanical
Transmission des jeuxMechanical
Sommier(s)Slider chests

Composition
Hauptwerk (C-g'''): Quintadena 16', Prinzipal 8', Rohrflöte 8', Oktave 4', Spielflöte 4', Nasat 2 2/3', Waldflöte 2', Mixtur 4-6 fach, Trompete 8'.
Brustwerk (C-g'''): Gedackt 8', Rohrflöte 4', Prinzipal 2', Nasat 1 1/3', Oktave 1', Sesquialtera 2 fach, Scharf 3-4 fach, Krummhorn 8', Tremulant.
Pedal (C-g'): Prinzipal 16' - 1994, Subbass 16', Prinzipal 8', Spitzgedackt 8', Oktave 4', Nachthorn 2', Mixtur 5 fach, Fagott 16', Posaune 16' - 1994, Trompete 8', Schalmei 4'.
Accouplements: Hauptwerk - Brustwerk, Pedal - Hauptwerk, Pedal - Brustwerk.

Références l'Orgue de l'église St Andrew's-Dominion-Douglas de Westmount / Hellmuth Wolff. - In: Mixtures, Février 1995.
Enregistrements Beckerath retrospective / Alison J. Luedecke. - Raven Records OAR-610 (2CD).