19-11-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com

Five reasons to check out Music for the Augmented Pipe Organ

Music for the Augmented Pipe Organ
When: Nov. 23 at 8 p.m.
Where: Pacific Spirit United Church (2195 W. 45th Ave., Vancouver).
Tickets: Free.1. Stops and ranks: At 74 stops, this is Vancouver’s largest pipe organ. In organ-ese, stops (and ranks) describe the number of separate voices that are accessible on the organ; pull out a stop and you hear a specific voice, i.e. flutes, strings-like sounds, horn/reeds, etc. The organ is a Casavant, which means it was made by Casavant Frèr
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