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The
magnificent four manual pipe organ was built and installed
by Casavant
Freres Limitee, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada.
Casavant Freres has been constructing organs for over 100
years. There are 400 Casavant organs in the United States
and more than ninety percent of all Canadian organs have
been designed and built by this firm whose pipe organs are
famous throughout the world.
The organ comprises solo, swell, great, and choir manuals.
There are 44 ranks of stops with approximately 2,900 pipes.
There is a complete reed chorus on the swell manual and a
diapason chorus on the great manual. The console casing is
made of oak to match the surrounding chancel woodwork. The
inside woodwork of the console such as stop jambs and music
rack are of highly polished walnut. The choir and swell
manuals are under expression.
The specifications for the organ were drawn by Dr. Norman S.
Wright, Dr. Douglas Wright, Jr., Mr. Joseph Andreatte, the
Casavant representative in Los Angeles, and Mrs. Philip
Caldwell.
The Casavant organ is the gift of Dr. and Mrs. Wilbur P.
Bailey given as a tribute to their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William M. M. Robinson and Mr. and Mrs. C. Everett Bailey.
The organ was completed with the exception of the solo
manual for the first service in the Sanctuary on Christmas
Eve, 1949. It was formally dedicated on Sunday afternoon,
March 26, 1950. The solo manual was completed and six
additional ranks of stops were added for Easter, April 5,
1953.
The harp stop is the gift of Dr. Douglas Wright, Jr.
The Maas organ and tower chimes are the gift of Mr. and Mrs.
Nathan Andrews given in memory of their parents
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