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Complete description of the selected organ
Photo: Andrew & Jane Wood. Date: October 2014.

Photo: Andrew & Jane Wood

Saint Albans, United Kingdom (Hertfordshire) - Marlborough Road Methodist Church
Municipal: Saint Albans
Address: Marlborough Road, Saint Albans

Description nr.: 2047610.

Built by: Bevington & Sons (1864)

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1864 Bevington & Sons  new organ
1881 Bevington & Sons  enlargement
1898 Henry Wedlake  transfer/relocate
1948 Norman & Beard Hill  rebuild

In 1864 bouwde de firma Bevington een nieuw orgel voor de Methodist Church in Saint Albans. Het instrument had oorspronkelijk enkel het Great Organ en pedaal. In 1881 is het Swell Organ geplaatst. Na de bouw van de huidige kerk in 1898 plaatste Henry Wedlake het orgel over. Het is in 1948 door de firma Hill, Norman & Beard omgebouwd naar electrische tractuur en uitgebreid.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great Organ14
- Swell Organ11
- Pedal Organ12
Total number of stops37
Key actionElectrical
Stop actionElectrical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Great Organ (C-g'''): Double Dulciana 16', Open Diapason 8', Geigen Principal 8', Claribel Flute 8', Dulciana 8', Principal 4', Stopped Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Piccolo 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Mixture 3 ranks, Trumpet 8', Octave Trumpet 4'.
Swell Organ (C-g'''): Violin Diapason 8', Lieblich Gedeckt 8', Viola da Gamba 8', Voix Celeste 8' (TC), Principal 4', Vienna Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 2 ranks (19.22), Contra Oboe 16', Cornopean 8', Clarinet 8', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Harmonic Bass 32', Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Dulciana 16', Principal 8', Bass Flute 8', Fifteenth 4', Octave Flute 4', Contra Oboe 16', Trombone 16', Trumpet 8', Clarion 4'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell Octave to Great, Swell Suboctave to Great, Swell Octave, Swell Suboctave, Swell Unison Off.