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Photo: Marcel Pelt. Date: zomer 2018.

Photo: Marcel Pelt

Wymondham, United Kingdom (Norfolk) - Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Thomas of Canterbury
Municipal: Wymondham
Address: Church Street, NR18 0PH, Wymondham, Norfolk
Website: http://www.wymondhamabbey.org.uk/

Description nr.: 2003215.

Built by: Norman & Beard Hill (1954)
The organ contains older material: from 1793 by James Davis

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1793 James Davis  new organ
1954 Norman & Beard Hill  new organ in old case
1973 Norman & Beard Hill  restoration and enlargement
1980 Norman & Beard Hill  enlargement

James Davis bouwde in 1793 een orgel voor de Abbey Church in Wymondham. Het orgel werd geschonken aan de kerk door Ann Farmer. Het stond opgesteld op de scheiding van schip en koor. In 1903-1905 is het orgel opgeslagen geweest in verband met een restauratie van het kerkgebouw. Na deze werkzaamheden is het orgel herplaatst aan de torenzijde van de kerk. De firma Hill, Norman & Beard herbouwden het orgel in 1954.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great Organ13
- Choir Organ9 (7)
- Swell Organ12
- Pedal Organ12
Total number of stops46 (44)
Key actionElectropneumatic
Stop actionElectropneumatic
Windchest(s)Cone chests

Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Double Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Dulciana 8', Principal 4', Block Flöte 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Seventeenth 1 3/5', Mixture 2 ranks (19.22), Sharp Mixture 3 ranks (22.26.29), Trumpet 8' - 1973, Clarion 4' - 1973.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Viola da Gamba 8', Chimney Flute 8', Principal 4', Stopped Flute 4', Flageolet 2', Larigot 1 1/3' - 1973, Cymbel 3 ranks (29.33.36) - 1973, Trumpet 8' - from Great, Clarion 4' - from Great.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Open Diapason 8', Hohl Flute 8', Salicional 8' - 1973, Voix Celeste 8' (TC), Principal 4', Fifteenth 2', Cornet 3 ranks (12.15.17), Mixture 2 ranks (19.22), Contra Hautboy 16', Trumpet 8', Basset Horn 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Open Wood Bass 16', Contra Gamba 16' - 1973, Bourdon 16', Octave 8', Gamba 8', Gedeckt 8' - 1973, Fifteenth 4', Mixture 2 ranks (19.22), Sackbut 32' - 1973, Ophicleide 16', Clarion 8' - 1973, Shawm 4' - 1973.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Swell to Pedal, Swell Octave, Swell Suboctave, Swell Unison Off, Choir to Pedal, Great to Pedal.

Recordings The Versatile English Organ : Andrew Millington plays the organ of Wymondham Abbey / Andrew Millington. - Priory Records PRCD 268 (CD). - 1988.

Photo: Chris Stafford. Date: 16 August 2012.
Photo: Chris Stafford
Photo: Marcel Pelt. Date: zomer 2018.
Photo: Marcel Pelt
Photo: Marcel Pelt. Date: zomer 2018.
Photo: Marcel Pelt