Photos of SSJD chapel organ by Halbert Gober, Organ builder - visit Gober website here »
Previous Music Events at St. John's Convent: Sundays at 4
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Music for the Soul Concert Series
Save the Date! Put these future concert dates in your calendar:
- Sunday March 21, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. - Fandango: A concert celebrating music of the Renaissance period and highlighting the lute songs of John Dowland. An exciting trio featuring Lorelle Angelo - Soprano, Juan-Carlos Luna - Guitar, Daniel Norman - Keyboard. Presented by Emerging Sound. RSVP 416-226-2201 x 305 or email » Evening Prayer to follow.
- May 30, 2010 - Celebrating the keyboard - featuring organ, piano and harpsichord
Watch here for more details!
TAIZÉ EVENING PRAYER - every third Friday of the month at 5 pm
- March 19, 2010
- April 16, 2010
- May 21, 2010
THE SSJD CHAPEL ORGAN
Built by Halbert Gober, Organ Builder - website here »
The organist faces the font at a freestanding console flanked by two posts which support that end of the organ and contain the stop action. The narrow end of the organ is suspended from the building’s structure by a steel rod. The trackers go up behind the music rack between panes of glass. In elevation, the organ’s design echoes the architect’s “protective hand of God” motif seen in the shape of the chapel ceiling; the façade pipes a metaphor for the people.
The Organ Specifications
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MANUAL II |
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PEDAL |
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| Principal |
8' |
Viola da Gamba |
8' |
Bourdon |
16' |
| Bourdon |
8' |
Stopt Diapason |
8’ |
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| Octave |
4' |
Recorder |
4' |
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| Fifteenth |
2' |
Fife |
2' |
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| Cornet |
III * |
Trumpet |
8' |
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- *treble 2 2/3’ only on half draw, full range Cornet on full draw
- All stops under expression except the façade stop.
- Key compass: manuals C-g3, pedal C-f1
- Pedalboard straight with radiating sharps and parallel concave naturals
- Manual coupler and two manual-to-pedal couplers; tremulant
- Mechanical playing action, mechanical stop action; hand-forged stop levers and coupler levers, open metal pipes cut to length and cone tuned, stopped metal pipes with soldered-on caps for tuning stability; wooden trackers and action parts.
- All stops are full length, including the Principal 8’, the Viola da Gamba, and the Trumpet, the Console on floor and the case containing the windchests and pipes overhead.
- Footprint 4 ½ ft sq. The upper section starts 11ft off the floor. The upper case is 16ft tall and 10ft wide; in plan it has a wedge shape 5ft deep at the south wall and 3ft deep over the font.
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