The information for this page comes from the Amis de l'orgue de Québec website
The history of the first organ owned by the Grey Nuns of the Cross in their old chapel is told in a book written in French by Sister Paul-Émile s.c.o. entitled «Élisabeth Bruyère and her works »:
« On February 18, 1850, Joseph Casavant of St. Hyacinthe, arriving in Bytown (Ottawa) to build the organ for Bishop Guigues' cathedral and for the church in Aylmer ... made an offer to Mother Bruyère to build an organ worth $600 for their chapel on the condition that she supply, for one year, a workshop on the fourth floor of their new house including food and lodging for himself and two of his workers. As advance payment, she would cover the expense of the keyboard and the lead required for the pipes. As a sign of their gratitude, the Congregation would sing, every March 19, on the feast day of St. Joseph, the patron saint of Mr. Casavant, the Hymn to St. Joseph and nothing more. Bishop Guigues advised Mother Bruyère to accept the offer because it would never be repeated...
Completed on March 14, 1851, the organ was blessed on June 19, on Corpus Christi Sunday, by Bishop Guigues who had just returned from Rome. »
The present organ, installed in April 1945, for the centennial celebrations of the arrival of Mother Bruyère and her companions in Bytown (Ottawa), designed in the French style, was inaugurated on May 10, 1945 by Paul Larose.
In 1991, the organ was totally dismantled and sent to Casavant workshops for a complete restoration. The console was replaced in 2001.
The current organist is Sister Estelle Vaillancourt, s.c.o.
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List of Stops
| Grand Orgue |
Récit |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montre | 8' | Bourdon | 16' | |
| Flûte ouverte | 8' | Principal-violon | 8' | |
| Gemshorn | 8' | Bourdon | 8' | |
| Prestant | 4' | Viole de gambe | 8' | |
| Flûte à cheminée | 4' | Voix céleste | 8' | |
| Doublette | 2' | Flûte traverse | 4' | |
| Mixture 1 1/3' | IV | Violon | 4' | |
| Trompette | 8' | Octavin | 2' | |
| Célesta | Sesquialtera | II | ||
| Mixture 1' | IV | |||
| Trompette | 16' | |||
| Trompette | 8' | |||
| Hautbois | 8' | |||
| Clairon | 4' | |||
| Trémolo | ||||
| Positif |
Pédale |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Principal | 8' | Flûte | 32' | |
| Mélodie | 8' | Bourdon | 16' | |
| Flûte | 4' | Bourdon doux | 16' | |
| Nazard | 2 2/3' | Flûte | 8' | |
| Flageolet | 2' | Bourdon | 8' | |
| Larigot | 1 1/3' | Résultant fort | 32' | |
| Clarinette | 8' | Résultant doux | 32' | |
| Trémolo | Bombarde | 8' | ||
| Carillon | ||||
Other details
Couplers
GO/PED 8,4; REC/PED 8,4; POS/PED 8,4
REC/GO 16,8,4; POS/GO 16,8,4; REC/POS 16,8,4
GO 16,4; REC 16,4; POS 16,4
GO/PED, REC/PED, POS/PED: duplicated on keyboards and pedalboard
Combination buttons
REC: 6 + General: 7-12
GO: 6 + General: 1-6
POS: 6; PED: 6 + Cancel, Adjuster
PED: 6 + General: 1-12 + Tutti
128-level memory solid-state adjustable combination systeme
Expression pedals: POS, REC, Crescendo
Crescendo adjustable levels: 4
Transposer
Références
- Organ Festival d'orgue, RCCO/CRCO, 2003
- Excursion culturelle en Outaouais, Amis de l'orgue de Québec, 2002
- Soeur Paul-Émile (Louise-Marie Guay), s.c.o.: Mère Élisabeth Bruyère et son oeuvre: les Soeurs Grises de la Croix, tome 1: 1845-1876, Ottawa, Maison-Mère des Soeurs Grises de la Croix, 1945