Casavant Frères opus 516 (1913)
The chapel of this former convent and residential school is being restored to its 1920's splendor. Our part in this is to overhaul the chapel organ over several years. May 1998, we completed: removal of stray construction debris and forty-odd years accumulation of dust and detritus; replacement of the flexible joints of the wooden wind trunks, which had perished; repair of a few pipes; inspection of all pouch boards; construction of a replica bench to replace the original which was misplaced during building renovations.
Harrison & Harrison (1927)
This organ had been erected atop a temporary (1927) vestry to the south of the altar.
Major work included restoration of the mechanical key action and pneumatic pedal action, and alterations to the casework. The panel over the console was changed to improve headroom, and the case was extended vertically to hide the top of the Swell box.
Thomas Appleton (ca. 1845)
This organ was altered extensively by S.S. Hamill of East Cambridge MA. in 1867, and came to Church of Our Lord in December 1875, probably from Church of the Advent, San Francisco CA.
Albert Pease (ca. 1880)
This instrument was purchased from Emsworth Parish Church, Hampshire in 1910 to replace an Estey reed organ which had been in service since 1891.
Various builders beginning in 1929
This is one of those organs which keeps evolving through the decades, a pet project for the last thirty years of Senior Master Graham Anderson. It began as a Laukhuff organ in 1929, donated by the sister of the founding Head Master, of which three ranks remain.
Several years ago, the school chapel was expanded to provide a generous entryway, an enlarged gallery and a clock tower. The school had us take down the organ before the construction, and then reconstitute it at the back of the expanded gallery.
A new facade was constructed incorporating the Open Diapason 8' and a new Open Wood 16', built in our shop. The Positiv division was re-worked into a Swell division using a swell box, 10-rank wind chest, and a few ranks of pipes, from a decommissioned organ.
Casavant Frères opus 293 (1907)
Located in the second balcony next to lath and plaster vaulting, this instrument was split down the middle in the 1940's to reveal the rose window.
Casavant Frères opus 403 (1910)
Centennial United Church, Victoria BC
This organ began life with a detached terraced tubular-pneumatic console. A subsequent console was replaced with an Aeolian-Skinner console (ca. 1950) by others in the mid-1980's.
T. Eaton organ (1952)
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church has undertaken a continuing restoration project for its organ. The first year, we provided proper ladders and work lights, and repaired and reracked a poorly supported Posaune which had been added. In the fall of 1997, we releathered the ten ranks worth of pouchboards of the Great division. Some decades ago, the Choir Clarinet 8' became the Swell Clarinet 16' without a bottom octave. In June 1998, we filled this gap with a dozen new bass pipes. We have since releathered the pouchboards of the Choir division. In 1999, we replaced the swell box front, increasing the shutter area by 70%.
Reconstructed Swell Division (1998)