Complete description of the selected organ
Photo: Chris Stafford
Portsmouth, United Kingdom (Hampshire) - Cathedral of Saint Thomas of Canterbury
Municipal: Portsmouth
Address: High Street, Old Portsmouth, PO1 2HA, Portsmouth
Website: https://www.portsmouthcathedral.org.uk/
Description nr.: 2003208.
Built by: Nicholson & Co. (1994)
The organ contains older material: Organ case from 1718 by Abraham Jordan
In 1994 plaatste de firma Nicholson het orgel van de Holy Trinity Church in Bolton in de Anglicaanse kathedraal in Portsmouth in de daar aanwezige oude orgelkas. Deze kas uit 1718 is gemaakt door Abraham Jordan.
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Bourdon 16', Large Open Diapason 8', Small Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Gamba 8', Principal 4', Gemshorn 4', Stopped Flute 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Larigot 1 1/3', Full Mixture 3 ranks (19.22.26), Mixture 2 ranks (26.29), Trompete de Maris 8', Trumpet 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Choir-Solo Organ (enclosed) (C-c''''): Stopped Diapason 8', Clarabella 8', Dulciana 8', Viola da Gamba 8', Voix Céleste 8', Gamba Octave 4', Stopped Flute 4', Piccolo 2', Clarinet 8', Solo Ophicleide 8' - Unenclosed, Solo Flute 4' - Unenclosed, Tremulant.
Swell Organ (enclosed) (C-c''''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Gamba 8', Celeste 8', Gemshorn 4', Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Sesquialtera 3 ranks (17.19.22), Double Trumpet 16', Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Subbass 32', Open Wood 16', Violone 16', Bourdon 16', Principal 8', Bass Flute 8', Fifteenth 4', Flute 4', Bombarde 32', Trombone 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Swell to Pedal, Choir to Great, Choir to Pedal, Great to Pedal.
Photo: Chris Stafford
Portsmouth, United Kingdom (Hampshire) - Cathedral of Saint Thomas of Canterbury
Municipal: Portsmouth
Address: High Street, Old Portsmouth, PO1 2HA, Portsmouth
Website: https://www.portsmouthcathedral.org.uk/
Description nr.: 2003208.
Built by: Nicholson & Co. (1994)
The organ contains older material: Organ case from 1718 by Abraham Jordan
In 1994 plaatste de firma Nicholson het orgel van de Holy Trinity Church in Bolton in de Anglicaanse kathedraal in Portsmouth in de daar aanwezige oude orgelkas. Deze kas uit 1718 is gemaakt door Abraham Jordan.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 18 |
| - Choir Organ | 11 |
| - Swell Organ | 13 |
| - Pedal Organ | 10 |
| Total number of stops | 52 |
| Key action | Mechanical |
| Stop action | Electrical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
| Pitch | a' = 440 Hz |
| Temperament | Equal temperament |
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Bourdon 16', Large Open Diapason 8', Small Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Gamba 8', Principal 4', Gemshorn 4', Stopped Flute 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Larigot 1 1/3', Full Mixture 3 ranks (19.22.26), Mixture 2 ranks (26.29), Trompete de Maris 8', Trumpet 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Choir-Solo Organ (enclosed) (C-c''''): Stopped Diapason 8', Clarabella 8', Dulciana 8', Viola da Gamba 8', Voix Céleste 8', Gamba Octave 4', Stopped Flute 4', Piccolo 2', Clarinet 8', Solo Ophicleide 8' - Unenclosed, Solo Flute 4' - Unenclosed, Tremulant.
Swell Organ (enclosed) (C-c''''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Gamba 8', Celeste 8', Gemshorn 4', Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Sesquialtera 3 ranks (17.19.22), Double Trumpet 16', Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Subbass 32', Open Wood 16', Violone 16', Bourdon 16', Principal 8', Bass Flute 8', Fifteenth 4', Flute 4', Bombarde 32', Trombone 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Swell to Pedal, Choir to Great, Choir to Pedal, Great to Pedal.
| Literature |
The Organs and Organists of the Cathedral Church of St Thomas of Canterbury at Portsmouth / Philip Barrett. - Portsmouth : Portsmouth Council, 1968. |
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