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Humbercrest United Church |
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"A big city church with a small town feel" |
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Humbercrest’s Organ |
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Our organ is a three-manual instrument from the St. Hyacinthe factory of Casavant Frères. It has 39 stops (31 of which are speaking), 21 manual couplers, 13 manual registration pistons, 4 general toe pistons and a full organ piston. There are nearly 2,000 speaking pipes, varying in length from 3/8 of an inch to 16 feet, and some 35 miles of copper wire used in its construction.
The 3 keyboards from the bottom up are the Choir, the Great and the Swell, each with its own complement of stops. These organs may be played either alone or against each other, or coupled together. At the organist's feet is still another keyboard which mostly plays the bass.
The entire organ is contained behind the grills in the west hall of the chancel. The Swell and Choir organs are encased in separate chambers but the Great and Pedal organs are not so enclosed and speak with greater authority. Above the Pedal organ are 3 tilting pedals or shoes. The 2 on the left control the expression shutters on the Choir and Swell organs, while the third, call the crescendo pedal, adds volume to the whole organ by adding a stop at a time as it is depressed.
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