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Photo: John Salmon. Date: 28 April 2012.

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Saint Albans, United Kingdom (Hertfordshire) - Church of Saint Michael
Municipal: Saint Albans
Address: St Michael's Street, AL3 4SL, Saint Albans
Website: http://www.stmichaels-parishchurch.org.uk/

Description nr.: 2018646.

Built by: Peter D. Collins (1981)


In its construction, Collins used some of the registers and the organ case from the previous organ, which was built around 1950.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great Organ7
- Swell Organ6
- Pedal Organ2
Total number of stops15
Key actionMechanical
Stop actionMechanical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Great Organ: Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Octave 4', Quint 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Mixture 4 ranks.
Swell Organ: Stopped Diapason 8', Viole 8' - 1950, Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Spitzquint 1 1/3', Schalmei 8'.
Pedal Organ: Bourdon 16' - 1950, Fagotto 16' - 1950.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.

Literature
  • Soundboard : A news column about organs / John Norman. - In: Organists' Review, vol. 65 no. 4, november 1980.
  • The Classical Organ in Britain : Volume 3 1979-1990 / John P. Rowntree, John F. Brennan. - Oxford : Positif Press, 1993.
Links http://www.stmichaels-parishchurch.org.uk/choir/

Photo: John Salmon. Date: 28 April 2012.
Photo: John Salmon
Photo: John Salmon. Date: 28 April 2012.
Photo: John Salmon