Complete description of the selected organ
Photo: Marten Terwal
Saint Buryan, United Kingdom (Cornwall) - Church of Saint Buriana
Municipal: Penzance
Address: Penzance Road, TR19 6BA, Saint Buryan
Website: https://www.stburyanchurch.org.uk/
Description nr.: 2025135.
Built by: Heard & Sons (1901)
The organ in Saint Buryan's Church was built by the firm of Heard & Sons in 1901. It has mechanical manual action, and the pedal action is pneumatic. An electric blower was installed in 1948. Hele & Co. carried out a restoration in 1962, replacing the pedalboard and improving the pedal pneumatic action. The instrument was overhauled in 1991 by Lance Foy. A Fifteenth was added on a spare slide on the swell, the Clarinet was revoiced and a balanced swell fitted in place of a trigger pedal.
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-g'''): Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason Bass 8' (C-B), Dulciana 8' (from c°), Clarabella 8' (from c°), Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2' - 1991, Clarinet 8'.
Swell Organ (C-g'''): Double Diapason 16', Violin Diapason 8', Lieblich Gedact 8', Salicional 8', Voix Celeste 8' (from c°), Gemshorn 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks (15.19.22), Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Principal 8'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell Octave, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
Photo: Marten Terwal
Saint Buryan, United Kingdom (Cornwall) - Church of Saint Buriana
Municipal: Penzance
Address: Penzance Road, TR19 6BA, Saint Buryan
Website: https://www.stburyanchurch.org.uk/
Description nr.: 2025135.
Built by: Heard & Sons (1901)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1901 | Heard & Sons | new organ | 1991 | Lance Foy | restoration |
The organ in Saint Buryan's Church was built by the firm of Heard & Sons in 1901. It has mechanical manual action, and the pedal action is pneumatic. An electric blower was installed in 1948. Hele & Co. carried out a restoration in 1962, replacing the pedalboard and improving the pedal pneumatic action. The instrument was overhauled in 1991 by Lance Foy. A Fifteenth was added on a spare slide on the swell, the Clarinet was revoiced and a balanced swell fitted in place of a trigger pedal.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 9 |
| - Swell Organ | 10 |
| - Pedal Organ | 3 |
| Total number of stops | 22 |
| Key action | Mechanical, Pneumatisch (Pedal) |
| Stop action | Mechanical, Pneumatisch (Pedal) |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-g'''): Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason Bass 8' (C-B), Dulciana 8' (from c°), Clarabella 8' (from c°), Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2' - 1991, Clarinet 8'.
Swell Organ (C-g'''): Double Diapason 16', Violin Diapason 8', Lieblich Gedact 8', Salicional 8', Voix Celeste 8' (from c°), Gemshorn 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks (15.19.22), Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Principal 8'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell Octave, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
| Compound stop | Composition |
| Mixture 3 ranks (Swell) | C: 2' - 1 1/3' - 1'. f°: 2 2/3' - 2' - 1 1/3'. g': 4' - 2 2/3' - 2'. |
| Links |
https://www.stburyanchurch.org.uk/historical-church/the-church-building/organ-and-choir/ |
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