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Source: Postcard.

Source: Postcard

Wellington (New Zealand), New-Zealand (Wellington) - Town Hall
Municipal: Wellington (New Zealand)
Region:North Island
Address: 109 Wakefield Street, 6011, Wellington
Website: https://wellington.govt.nz/

Description nr.: 2003814.

Built by: Norman & Beard (1906)

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1906 Norman & Beard  new organ
1986 South Island Organ Company  restoration


Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great Organ14
- Choir Organ11
- Swell Organ15
- Solo Organ5
- Pedal Organ12
Total number of stops57
Key actionPneumatic
Stop actionPneumatic

Specification
Great Organ: Double Open Diapason 16', Large Open Diapason 8', Medium Open Diapason 8', Small Open Diapason 8', Hohl Flute 8', Corno Flute 8', Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Trombone 16', Tromba 8', Harmonic Clarion 4'.
Choir Organ (enclosed): Quintaton 8', Violoncello 8', Echo Dulciana 8', Viol d'Orchestre 8', Voix Céleste 8', Flauto Traverso 4', Zauber Flute 4', Harmonic Piccolo 2', Schalmei 16', Orchestral Clarinet 8', Orchestral Oboe 8'.
Swell Organ (enclosed): Bourdon 16', Diaphonic Diapason 8', Geigen Diapason 8', Rohr Flute 8', Salicional 8', Unda Maris 8', Principal 4', Lieblich Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Contra Posaune 16', Horn 8', Oboe 8', Vox Humana 8', Harmonic Clarion 4'.
Solo Organ (unenclosed): Harmonic Claribel 8', Concert Flute 4', Bombard 16', Tuba Mirabilis 8', Tuba Clarion 4'.
Pedal Organ: Double Open Diapason 32', Open Diapason Wood 16', Open Diapason Metal 16', Violone 16', Bourdon 16', Echo Bass 16', Octave Diapason 8', Principal 8', Flute Bass 8', Contra Posaune 32', Trombone 16', Trumpet 8'.

Recordings
  • The Norman and Beard Organ of Wellington Town Hall, New Zealand / Douglas Mews. - Priory Records PRCD 1030 (CD). - 2010. - (Great Autralasian Organs ; 8).
  • Organ fireworks VI / Christopher Herrick. - Hyperion CDA 66778 (CD). - 1995.