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These images are scanned from Grace Church booklets in my father's collection. Mouse-over the small images for a brief description of each one.


The text below the 1943 photo of King George VI reads:

His Majesty the King
To
His People


"We must go on thinking less about ourselves and more for one another; for so, and so only, can we hope to make the world a better place and life a worthier thing.

The future will be hard. But our feet are planted on the path of victory, and with the help of God we shall make our way to justice and to peace."



The text of the Invitation to Tea* (1948) reads:

In Commemoration
of
80 Years of Conspicuous History

The Men of Grace United Church
Invite You to Attend

A TEA

To be held in the Lecture Hall
Saturday Afternoon, November 6
3 o'Clock to 6 o'Clock

Ladies are Invited to Attend

 

*How times have changed! Wink



Specification for Grace Church (from Casavant documentation) Opus #301 (renamed in 1917 to Opus #696) transcribed directly from their documents. (Note: There are 2 No. 25's on the original, it is not a transcription error)

Compass of Manuals   C  C        to   C       61 keys
Compass of Pedals     C  C  C    to   F       30 keys

                                      Feet             Notes
GREAT

1.  Double Open           
16              
65
2.  Open Diapason865
3.  Geigen Principal
8
65
4.  Doppel Flute
8
65
5.  Gemshorn
8
65
6.  Wald Flute
4
65
7.  Principal
4
65
8.  Fifteenth
2
61
9.  Mixture3 rks
195
10. Trumpet                    
865


SWELL ORGAN

11. Bourdon           16               61
12. Open Diapason       
861
13. Stopped Diapason8
61
14. Clarabella Flute8
61
15. Viola da Gamba8
61
16. Voix Celeste8
49
17. Dolcissimo8
61
18. Traverse Flute4
61
19. Violina4
61
20. Flautino2
61
21. Dolce Cornet3 rks
183
22. Contra Fagotto16
61
23. Cornopean8
61
24. Oboe & Bassoon8
61
25. Vox Humana              
8
61

CHOIR ORGAN (in a Swell box)

25. Violin Diapason       
8                
61
26. Melodia
8
61
27. Dulciana
8
61
28. Harmonic Flute
4
61
29. Flageolet
2
61
30. Clarinet                     
8
61


SOLO

31. Stentorphone         
8                 
61
32. Quintadena
8
61
33. Rohr Flute
8
61
34. Harmonic Flute
4
61
35. Orchestral Oboe
8
61
36. Cor Anglais
8
61
37. Tuba                         
8
61


PEDAL

38. Double Open    16              
30
39. Bourdon
16
30
40. Gedeckt (from No.11)16
30
41. Flute (from No.38)    8
30
42. Cello
8
30
43. Bourdon (from No.39)
8
30
44. Trombone
16
30
45. Trumpet (from No.44)
8
30


COUPLERS (Tilting Tablets)

46. Great to Pedal
47. Swell to Pedal
48. Choir to Pedal
49. Solo to Pedal
50. Swell to Great
51. Swell to Choir
52. Swell at Octaves
53. Swell Super Octave to Great
54. Swell Sub Octave to Great
55. Choir to Great
56. Choir Sub Octave to Great
57. Choir at Octaves
58. Solo to Great
59. Solo to Swell
60. Solo to Choir
61. Tremolo to Swell
62. Tremolo to Choir
63. Tremolo to Solo
64. Great at Octaves

ADJUSTABLE PISTONS

Four to Swell
Four to Great
Three to Choir
Three to Solo
Two to Pedal
Four Reversible to Pedal
Four Adjustable Pistons to act on all stops and Couplers
One Adjuster
Wind Indicator
Crescendo Indicator

PEDALS

One Balanced Swell Pedal
One Balanced Choir Pedal
One Balanced Crescendo Pedal to bring on all stops gradually without disturbing the knobs.