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Source: Brochure.

Source: Brochure

Eton, United Kingdom (Berkshire) - Eton College, Lower School, Ley Chamber Organ
Municipal: Windsor and Maidenhead
Address: Eton College, SL4 6DW, Windsor
Website: https://www.etoncollege.com/

Description nr.: 2004742.

Built by: Jonas Ley (1777)

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1777 Jonas Ley  new organ
2002 Kenneth Tickell & Company  restoration

Het kamer-orgel van de Lower School op Eton College is afkomstig van een particulier in Pulborough. Het staat sinds 1986 in de school. Kenneth Tickell restaureerde het instrument in 2002. Het orgel werd gebouwd door Jonas Ley in 1777.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Manual4
Total number of stops4
Manual compassContra-G - e'''
Key actionMechanical
Stop actionMechanical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Manual: Stopped Diapason 8', Open Diapason 8' (from c'), Stopped Flute 4', Fifteenth 2'.
Accessories: Combination pedal - sluit 4' en 2' af.

Literature
  • The life and work of John Snetzler / Alan Barnes, Martin Renshaw. - Aldershot : Scolar Press, 1994.
  • Berühmte Orgeln : Meisterwerke europäischer Orgelbauer / Ursula und Ulrich Rüge. - Hamburg : Nikol Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 1994.
  • Organs at Eton / Nicholas Thistlethwaite, Graham Smallbone, Alastair Sampson, Kenneth Tickell. - Eton : Provost and Fellows of Eton College, 2001.
Recordings
  • The Organs of Eton College played by Clive Driskill-Smith / Clive Driskill-Smith. - Priory Records PRCD809 (CD). - 2004.
  • The organs of Eton College / Alastair Sampson. - Wealden Studios WS Q14 (LP). - 1974. - Opgenomen op de Snetzler-, Flentrop- en Hill-orgels.