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The bells were cast in bronze ( bell metal) for St. The chime, consisting of ten bells located in the south bell tower, is still in use today. This is very similar to layout of the Ten Bell Highland Arts Theatre Chime. This is the arrangement of a McShane Eight Bell Chime as it would appear in the Bell Chamber of a tower. Stoplist The 18-ton organ underwent $15,000 in repairs to its bellows in 2008. The following link leads to a Stoplist for the 1946 instrument, copied from the factory specifications for Casavant FrГЁres LtГ©e., Opus 1841, 1946. Wind is supplied by a 3 hp electric blower located in the basement directly below the organ. Added in 1962 were a Clarion 4' to the Swell and a hooded Harmonic Trumpet, 68 pipes, with new pipework supplied by Casavant via Ledoux & MacDonald Organ Service Co., Halifax.

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Equipped with electro-pneumatic (EP) chests, drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs, balanced swell shoes/pedals, standard AGO placement, adjustable combination pistons, AGO Standard (concave radiating) pedalboard, reversible full organ/tutti toe stud, combination action thumb pistons, combination action toe studs, coupler reversible thumb pistons, coupler reversible toe studs.

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Manual compass is 61 notes, pedal compass is 32 notes. 1841, with 3 new Choir stops, a traditional style console with roll top, three manuals, 4 divisions, 33 stops, 30 registers, 32 ranks, 2045 pipes. The organ was rebuilt in 1946 by Casavant FrГЁres LtГ©e. Hyacinthe, QuГ©bec, Canada is available by following this link: Original Stoplist 452 1911 3/29, courtesy of the Casavant FrГЁres Archives, St. A Stoplist for the 1911 instrument copied from the factory specifications for Casavant Op. The original specification was for three manuals, 4 divisions, 29 stops, 27 registers, 29 ranks, 1843 pipes. The organ was purchased for the new church, then under construction, in 1911 for $5,595 as Casavant Brothers, Ltd., Opus 452. Its facade, casing, pipes, swell and chorus boxes completely fill the apse of the theatre. The 2,045 pipe, three- manual pipe organ made by the famous Casavant FrГЁres in Quebec is the largest such instrument on Cape Breton Island. Other character-defining elements are its construction of locally made brick, all original interior elements including: Casavant FrГЁres pipe organ, railings, columns, trim and barrel vaulted ceiling arcing 44 feet (13В m) above the theatre floor ten bells, inscribed with Biblical verses in bell tower.

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Andrew's / Highland Arts Theatre relate to its Gothic Revival style and include its buttressed belfry towers of differing heights, the arched windows, dentil moulding and cornice on the belfry towers, the three-over-three arched windows in upper belfry of taller tower, the three arched windows in upper belfry of lower tower, the wide entry staircase leading to the three arched entries containing two wooden doors each, a large Palladian derivative window above entry. Some of the Character-defining elements of St. Architecturally, the end result was a beautiful house of worship, with impressive towers, bells chiming on days of worship and the steadfast permanence of the Gothic Revival style, rare within the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. This is a very fine structure, built using red brick from Mira, a local brickyard. was awarded to Rhodes and Curry Company at a cost of $41,635 and when fully completed was $62,945. The contract for construction of the building on Bentinck St. John Pringle, D.D., travelled to Toronto and met with architects Curry and Sparling to develop the plans for the church. The pastor at the time of planning and construction, Rev. Andrew's United Church gathered for the Decommissioning Service as the chimes played a call to worship for one final time. On Wednesday, July 31, 2013, the congregation of St. Andrew's United Church continued as a church with full-time clergy until 2013 when it was decommissioned after the dwindling congregation decided the heating bills for the 104-year-old sanctuary were too expensive. This was a dramatic change for some members of the congregation and many members were lost, however new were gained. Andrew's Church joined with Methodist and Congregational churches to form the United Church and St. Andrew's was built to contain over 1,000 people for services.

The congregations outgrew the two previous Sydney churches, and so St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, construction of which started in 1910 and completed in 1911, was the third church built by the Sydney and Mira Presbyterian congregation, originating from 1852. 1914, funeral featuring a horse-drawn hearse.

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