Open Doors Toronto
Saturday, May 24 Various Locations - Free Admission
Deer Park United Church – 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
129 St. Clair Ave. W., west of Yonge St., east of Avenue Rd.
A five minue walk, or one minute by streetcar, from the Yonge and St. Clair subway station.
See and explore a pipe organ at this hands-on experience for kids and adults. The organ is a mechanical action instrument, which means you will see the hundreds of levers and wires connecting the keyboards to the pipes and the intrepid can even go inside the organ. Lots of opportunities to play it too.
Metropolitan United Church – Demos at 11:00, 12:00,
1:00 (concert), 2:30
56 Queen St. E., two blocks east of Yonge St.
416 363-0331
Parking is available in the lot on the east side of the church.
The organ (Casavant opus 1367) was built in 1930 and enlarged in 1998. It is the largest pipe organ in Canada comprising five manuals (i.e. keyboards) and pedal, 120 stops, 131 ranks and 8092 pipes. Demonstrations of the organ will take place at 11:00, 12:00 and 2:30. At 1:00 you can enjoy a free concert featuring the Metropolitan Silver Band.
