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Chelmsford, United Kingdom (Essex) - Chelmsford Cathedral, Chancel Organ
Address: New Street, CM1 1TY, Chelmsford
Website: http://www.cathedral.chelmsford.anglican.org

Description nr.: 2003810.

Built by: Mander Organs (1995)
The organ contains older material: Pipes from 1844 by George Maydwell Holdich, Pipes from 1882 by William Hill & Sons, Pipes from 1904 by William Hill & Sons


Het in 1995 door Noel Mander gebouwde Chancel Organ voor Chelmsford Cathedral bevat veel pijpwerk van Holdich en Hill, afkomstig uit de kerk van Saint Andrew the Great Cambridge, daterend van 1844 (Holdich) en 1882/1904 (Hill). Vanaf de speeltafel is ook het grotere West End Organ te bespelen, met uitzondering van het rugpositief (Choir Organ). De orgelkassen zijn ontworpen door Stephen Bicknell.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great Organ10
- Swell Organ10
- Pedal Organ4 (3)
Total number of stops24 (23)
Key actionMechanical
Stop actionElectrical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8' - front 1995, Stopped Diapason 8', Dulciana 8', Principal 4', Wald Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks - 1995, Trumpet 8'.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Echo Gamba 8', Voix Céleste 8', Principal 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Contra Fagotto 16' (1995), Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Subbass 16', Bourdon 16' - transmissie, Flute 8', Trombone 16' - 1995.

Literature The organs of Cambridge : An illustrated guide to the organs of the University and City of Cambridge / Nicholas Thistlethwaite. - Oxford : Positif Press, 2008.