Funded almost 100% from donations from outside of the parish’s regular donor base, Christ Church has kicked-off the project to install a custom-built state-of-the-art 22-stop French Baroque pipe organ.
We will remove the old organ in mid-June. This will allow for the repair of plaster and the upgrading of wiring in both organ lofts [one loft is above the sacristy – on the epistle side of the sanctuary; and another loft is above the choir room – on the gospel side of the sanctuary].
The mother boards, each weighing about 550 lbs, will be installed in mid-August, and Yves Levesque, master organ builder, will install all 1276 pipes; will rebuild the console, will wire it with state-of-the art mother boards; and have all completed for inaugural concerts Sept 26-27-28. Once completed, the value of the organ shall be greater than 700k. This will bring to more than $1M the value of musical infrastructure for Christ Church accomplished since 2023; all to serve the cultural needs of the community and region.
We will publish information on inaugural concerts on e-news for the diocese of Montréal.
Below is a photo of the organ mother boards. The largest pipes are 16’ long, and measure almost 1’ in diameter.
