The Organ
The design work for the present instrument commenced in July 2009 and
the old instrument was removed during the following months. Manufacture
of the new Great, Swell and Pedal soundboards, along with the console
parts, was begun in 2010 and installed ready for Advent Sunday. The
Choir Organ, including the new Tuba, was manufactured in early 2011 and
installed ready for Easter Sunday that year. The completed project took
two years at a cost of £426,000.
Although the 1900 Norman & Beard pipework was used as the tonal basis of
the instrument, the work was not treated as a restoration, but more of a
new organ with its heart remaining in 1900. All of the pipework was
cleaned and checked on the voicing machine, to ensure that every pipe
was speaking correctly when it was replaced onto the new soundboards,
and all of the chorus reeds were re-voiced with a brighter tone. Several
of the 1985 tonal additions have been retained, but completely re-voiced
to integrate with the original work. Three new replacement Mixtures and
a Tuba, made for the project by Shires Organ Pipes Ltd, were added to
the specification.
Apart from reducing the organ from 66 stops down to 44 (exactly the same
number as in 1900), the following significant changes were made:
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The Great division was moved west so that it
speaks directly down the Nave.
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The Swell division now has two sets of shutters
controlled by one swell pedal.
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The 3rd manual division was reconfigured as an
unenclosed Choir Organ, rather than the previous 'Positive Organ'. A variety of unison flue stops were re-instated from
store or transferred from other divisions of the organ, and all
mutation stops discarded except for the useful Nazard and Tierce
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The Current Specification
Norman & Beard 1878 & 1900. Hill, Norman and Beard 1939. Charles James
Organs 2010.
Compass of the manuals, CC to C, 61 notes.
Compass of the pedals, CCC to G, 32 notes.
All pipework 1900 unless indicated.
Pedal Organ
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| 1 |
Resultant Bass |
32ft |
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| 2 |
Open Wood |
16ft |
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| 3 |
Open Diapason |
16ft |
A |
| 4 |
Bourdon |
16ft |
B |
| 5 |
Lieblich Bourdon |
16ft |
from Swell |
| 6 |
Principal |
8ft |
A |
| 7 |
Bass Flute |
8ft |
B |
| 8 |
Fifteenth |
4ft |
(1939) A |
| 9 |
Trombone |
16ft |
C |
| 10 |
Trumpet |
8ft |
C |
| i |
Great to Pedal |
| ii |
Swell to Pedal |
| iii |
Choir to Pedal |
| iv |
Swell Reeds on Pedal |
Swell Organ
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| 21 |
Lieblich Bourdon |
16ft |
(1878) |
| 22 |
Open Diapason |
8ft |
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| 23 |
Rohr Flute |
8ft |
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| 24 |
Salicional |
8ft |
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| 25 |
Vox Angelica (t.c) |
8ft |
Tuned flat |
| 26 |
Principal |
4ft |
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| 27 |
Suabe Flute |
4ft |
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| 28 |
Fifteenth |
2ft |
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| 29 |
Mixture 17.19.22 |
III/IVrks |
(2010) |
| 30 |
Oboe |
8ft |
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Tremulant |
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Double Trumpet |
16ft |
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| 32 |
Horn |
8ft |
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| 33 |
Clarion |
4ft |
(1939) |
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Octave |
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Sub Octave |
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Swell & Pedal Combs Coupled |
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Great Organ
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| 11 |
Double Diapason |
16ft |
(Stopped bass) |
| 12 |
Open Diapason 1 |
8ft |
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Open Diapason 2 |
8ftt |
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| 14 |
Claribel Flute |
8ft |
(1985) |
| 15 |
Principal |
4ft |
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| 16 |
Harmonic Flute |
4ft |
(Bass 2010) |
| 17 |
Twelfth 2 |
2/3ft |
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| 18 |
Fifteenth |
2ft |
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| 19 |
Mixture 19.22.26.29 |
IVrks |
(2010) |
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Trumpet |
8ft |
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Swell to Great |
| vi |
Choir to Great |
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Great & Pedal Combs Coupled |
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Choir Organ (Unenclosed)
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| 34 |
Open Diapason |
8ft |
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| 35 |
Stopped Diapason |
8ft |
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Dulciana (CC) |
8ft |
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Principal |
4ft |
(1985) |
| 38 |
Stopped Flute |
4ft |
(1985) |
| 39 |
Nazard |
2 2/3ft |
(1985) |
| 40 |
Gemshorn |
2ft |
(1985) |
| 41 |
Tierce |
1 3/5ft |
(1985) |
| 42 |
Mixture 15.19.22 |
IIIrks |
(2011) |
| 43 |
Clarinet |
8ft |
(1878) |
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Tremulant |
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Tuba |
8ft |
(2011) |
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Octave |
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Sub Octave |
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Swell to Choir |
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Accessories
8 adjustable thumb pistons for Great.
8 adjustable thumb pistons for Swell.
8 adjustable thumb pistons for Choir.
8 adjustable toe pistons for Pedal.
8 adjustable thumb pistons for Generals (1-4 right of Sw divs/5-8 right
of Gt divs).
8 adjustable toe pistons for Swell/Generals (Duplicating).
Reversible pistons in Great Key-slip - Ch-Gt, Sw-Gt, Gt-Pd, Trombone.
Reversible pistons in Choir Key-slip - Sw-Ch, Ch-Pd, Tuba.
Reversible piston in Swell Key-slip - Sw-Pd.
16 levels of memory for the divisional pistons.
96 levels of memory for the general pistons.
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The
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