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Source: firma Walker & Sons. Date: 1959.

Source: firma Walker & Sons

London, United Kingdom (Greater London) - Chiesa Italiano di San Pietro (Saint Peter's Italian Church), Clerkenwell
Municipal: London
Address: 136 Clerkenwell Road, EC1R 5DL, London
Website: https://www.italianchurch.org.uk/

Description nr.: 2001499.

Built by: Charles Anneessens (1884)

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1884 Charles Anneessens  new organ
1920 John Compton Organ Company  rebuild
1959 J.W. Walker & Sons  rebuild

Het orgel van de Italiaanse kerk in Londoin-Clerkenwell is in eerste aanleg gebouwd in 1884 door Charles Anneessens. De firma Compton bouwde het in 1920 om tot een viermanuaals instrument. Al het bestaande pijpwerk werd opnieuw gebruikt. In 1959 is het orgel door J.W. Walker & Sons gereviseerd en omgebouwd. Het heeft nu drie manualen.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great Organ10
- Choir Organ9
- Swell Organ12
- Pedal Organ15 (13)
Total number of stops46 (44)
Key actionElectropneumatic
Stop actionElectropneumatic
Windchest(s)Cone chests

Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Quintaton 16', Principal 8', Rohr Flute 8', Octave 4', Flute Octave 4', Quint 2 2/3', Super Octave 2', Tertian 2 ranks (17.19), Mixture 4 ranks (19.22.26.29), Trumpet 8'.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Bourdon 8', Fugara 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Octave 2', Blockflute 2', Larigot 1 1/3', Sesquialtera 2 ranks (19.22), Mixture 3 ranks (29.33.36), Krummhorn 8', Tremulant.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Open Diapason 8', Gedact 8', Viola 8', Celeste 8', Gemshorn 4', Melophone 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Scharf 4 ranks (22.26.29.33), Bassoon 16', Trumpet 8', Hautboy 8', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Double Open Diapason 32', Open Diapason 16', Violone 16', Sub Bass 16', Principal 8', Violoncello 8' - extension, Bass Flute 8', Twelfth 5 1/3', Fifteenth 4' - extension, Rohr Flute 4', Mixture 4 ranks (19.22.26.29), Trombone 16', Bassoon 16' - transmissie van Swell, Trumpet 8' - transmissie van Swell, Clarion 4'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Swell to Pedal, Choir to Great, Choir to Pedal, Great to Pedal.

Recordings
  • Widor : Symphonies 5, 6 and 8 / David Sanger. - Saga SCD 9048 (CD). - 1992.
  • Louis Vierne: Symphony no. 4 and Divertissement / David Sanger. - Meridian Records E77033 (CD). - 1990.
  • Widor 5th Symphony (including the famous Toccata) / David Sanger. - Saga Records 5439 (LP). - 1986.
  • Louis Vierne : Symphony no. 5 in A minor, op. 47 / David Sanger. - Meridian Records E77048 (LP). - 1982.
  • Vierne Symphony no.4 / David Sanger. - Meridian Records E77033 (LP). - 1981.
  • Vierne Symphony no.3 / David Sanger. - Meridian Records E77024 (LP). - 1980.
  • Vierne Symphony no.2 / David Sanger. - Meridian Records E77021 (LP). - 1979.
  • Vierne Symphony no.1 / David Sanger. - Meridian Records E77011 (LP). - 1978.