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 The organ In this parish church, founded in 1953 for the use of the Montreal Italian community, there is an organ, built in 1964-65 by Pontificia Fabbrica d'organi Tamburini, from Crema (Italy) and installed in 1966. Inside the organ case, there is, for each division, a mini-keyboard used for voicing. The tonal structure of this instrument is strictly according to the Italian tradition: softness, warmth and clearness of sound; each voice is well caracterized in its colour; the attack is present at a rightly degree without being aggressive; the voices of the instrument are well blended together and on the whole, produce a broad sound. The Grand Organ ripieno is according to Serassi's tradition (18th century) while the one in the Positive division is according to Antegnati's tradition (16th and 17th centuries). Inaugural concerts were given by Massimo Rossi on November 13, 1966 and by Frederick Swann on November 17, 1966. In 2008, the Lévesque-Roussin organbuilding firm executes a complete cleaning and restoration of the instrument. At the same time, Jacques L'Italien completely revises the voicing while preserving the features inherent in the Italian organ. |
