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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1841 (Highland Arts Centre Organ)
Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 1841 is a pipe organ Organ building, built by the famous Casavant Frères of Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. The organ was first completed in 1911 as Casavant Brothers - Opus 452 for St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church at 40 Bentinck Street, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. St. Andrew's later became St. Andrew's United Church and is now the Highland Arts Theatre. Opus 1841 is presently composed of 33 organ stop, speaking stops spread over three Manual (music), manuals and Pedal keyboard, pedals. The 2,045 Organ pipe, pipe organ is the largest such instrument on Cape Breton Island. The pipes range in length from to . Its facade, Pipe organ#Casing, casing, pipes, Swell box, swell and chorus boxes completely fill the apse of the Theater (building), theatre. History 1911 Opus 452 was purchased for the new church, then under construction, in 1911 for $5,395. The original organ weighed over and its specification was for three manuals, 4 divisions, 29 stops, 27 regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Sydney is a former city and urban community on the east coast of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada within the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Sydney was founded in 1785 by the British, was incorporated as a city in 1904, and dissolved on 1 August 1995, when it was amalgamated into the regional municipality. Sydney served as the Cape Breton Island's colonial capital, until 1820, when the colony merged with Nova Scotia and the capital moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax. A rapid population expansion occurred just after the turn of the 20th century, when Sydney became home to one of North America's main steel mills. During both the First and Second World Wars, it was a major staging area for England-bound Order of battle for Convoy SC 7, convoys. The post-war period witnessed a major decline in the number of people employed at the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation steel mill, and the Nova Scotia and Canadian governments had to nationalization, nationalize it in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
