St. Matthew's Organ

St. Matthew's Organ

Click here for a description of the 2001-2002 organ restoration..
Photographs and information about the organ before the restoration can be found by clicking here .

One of Ottawa's largest instruments, some of the pipework dates back to the original church building and the Casavant-Freres organ of 1909. This original instrument was moved to the new church building and enlarged by Casavant in 1931. In 1957, the London (England) firm of Messrs. Hill, Norman, and Beard was engaged to expand the resources of the organ, adding, amongst other things, a new console, a horizontal "solo" trumpet, and a "positiv" division.

Trumpets installed above the High Altar.

Specifications of the Baumgarten Organ (2002)
which incorporates the Hill, Norman, and Beard Ltd. Organ (1957),
and the Organ by Casavant-Freres (1909)

Great

1.Principal 16'
2.Geigen Principal 8' (from #1)
3.Principal 8'
4.Bourdon 8'
5.Octave 4'
6.Flute 4'
7.Twelfth 2 2/3'
8.Fifteenth 2'
9.Full Mixture III (new)
10.Sharp Mixture III (new)
11.Trumpet 16'
12.Trumpet 8'

Swell

13.Lieblich Gedeckt 16'
14.Violin Diapason 8'
15.Bourdon 8'
16.Viola da Gamba 8'
17.Voix Celeste 8'
18.Principal 4'
19.Harmonic Flute 4'
20.Super Octave 2'
21.Sesquialtera II
22.Mixture IV (new)
23.Double Trumpet 16'
24.Trumpet 8'
25.Oboe 8'
26.Clarion 4'
Tremulant

Great Chamade (#27 playable on Positif)

27.Chamade Trumpet 8' (new)
28.Chamade Trumpet 4' (new - from #27)

Choir

29.Bourdon 8' (new)
30.Orchestral Viola 8'
31.Viola da Gamba 8' (new)
32.Vox Angelica 8' (new)
33.Dulciana 8'
34.Gemshorn 4'
35.Nazard 2 2/3'
36.Piccolo 2'
37.Tierce 1 3/5'
38.Dulcian 16' (new)
39.Clarinet 8'
40.Chimes
Tremulant

Positif

41.Chimney Flute 8'
42.Octave 4'
43.Flute 4'
44.Nazard 2 2/3'
45.Blockflöte 2'
46.Tierce 1 3/5'
47.Larigot 1 1/3'
48.Sifflöte 1'
49.Mixture I/IV (new)

Pedal

50.Diapason 32' (new - electronic)
51.Resultant 32' (from #53)
52.Soft Resultant 32' (new)
53.Open Wood 16'
54.Principal 16'
55.Bourdon 16'
56.Lieblich Gedeckt 16' (new - from #13)
57.Principal 8' (from #54)
58.Bourdon 8' (from #55)
59.Octave 4' (from #54)
60.Flute 4' (from #55)
61.Mixture IV
62.Reeds 32' (new - electronic)
63.Bombarde 16'
64.Double Trumpet 16' (from #23)
65.Trumpet 8' (from #63)
66.Clarion 4' (from #63)

The instrument is equipped with full SSL system.

Updated: September 14 , 2005
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