Complete description of the selected organ
Source: Brochure
Eton, United Kingdom (Berkshire) - Eton College, Upper Chapel
Municipal: Windsor and Maidenhead
Address: Eton College, SL4 6DW, Windsor
Website: https://www.etoncollege.com/
Description nr.: 2004743.
Built by: William Hill & Sons (1885)
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Double Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason 1 8', Open Diapason 2 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks (17.19.22), Mixture 2 ranks (26.29) - 1987, Double Trumpet 16' - 1987, Posaune 8', Clarion 4'.
Choir Organ (C-a'''): Gamba 8', Dulciana 8', Lieblich Gedeckt 8', Gemshorn 4' - 1987, Suabe Flute 4', Flautina 2', Corno di Bassetto 8' - 1987.
Swell Organ (enclosed) (C-a'''): Double Diapason 16' - 1987, Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Salicional 8', Voix Celestes 8', Principal 4', Stopped Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 4 ranks (19.22.26.29), Contra Fagotto 16' - 1987, Cornopean 8', Hautbois 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Solo Organ (enclosed) (C-a'''): Rohr Flöte 8', Viola da Gamba 8', Unda Maris 8', Harmonic Flute 8', Harmonic Flute 4', Harmonic Piccolo 2' - 1987, Orchestral Oboe 8', Orchestral Clarinet 8', Vox Humana 8' - 1987, Tuba 8' - unenclosed, Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Double Open Diapason 32', Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason 16' - extension, Bourdon 16', Violone 16' - 1987, Principal 8' - 1987, Bass Flute 8' - extension, Fifteenth 4', Mixture 3 ranks (17.19.22), Contra Trombone 32' - extension, Trombone 16', Trumpet 8' - extension.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Solo to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Solo to Pedal, Swell Octave, Swell Suboctave, Solo Suboctave, Great Reeds on Choir.
Source: Brochure
Eton, United Kingdom (Berkshire) - Eton College, Upper Chapel
Municipal: Windsor and Maidenhead
Address: Eton College, SL4 6DW, Windsor
Website: https://www.etoncollege.com/
Description nr.: 2004743.
Built by: William Hill & Sons (1885)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1885 | William Hill & Sons | new organ | 1902 | William Hill & Sons | rebuild | 1939 | Norman & Beard Hill | rebuild | 1960 | Norman & Beard Hill | maintenance/reparations | 1987 | Mander Organs | rebuild |
- Het Gray & Davison-orgel van Eton College uit 1852, dat al in 1869 grondig was verbouwd door de firma Hill & Son, werd in 1881 ontmanteld en naar de werkplaats van Hill overgebracht om daar (weer) te worden gerestaureerd. Op 7 oktober 1882 brak echter brand uit in het atelier en ging een groot deel van het orgel verloren. Zodoende was het orgel dat in 1885 gereedkwam, grotendeels nieuw. Het werd toen in de nieuwe kassen geplaatst, ontworpen door de architect J.L. Pearson, met polychrome decoratie van de frontpijpen door Clayton & Bell.
- Het orgel van Eton College Chapel is door Thomas Hill gebouwd in 1885. Het werd in de loop van de tijd steeds vergroot en verbouwd, het laatst door Hill, Norman & Beard in 1960. Noel Mander herbouwde het instrument in 1987. Hij gebruikte hierbij ook enig Hill-pijpwerk uit het gesloopte orgel van de parochiekerk van Eton. De orgelkas werd gerestaureerd door Plowden & Smith.
- Thomas Hill verbouwde het instrument grondig in 1885. Het orgel had een apart Echo Organ, maar bij een restauratie in 1960 is dit in het grote instrument opgenomen als Choir Organ. Zowel het Great Organ als het Choir Organ hebben een omvang vanaf contra-G. Het Swell Organ begint bij de Tenor C (c-0).
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 13 |
| - Choir Organ | 7 |
| - Swell Organ | 13 |
| - Solo Organ | 10 |
| - Pedal Organ | 12 (8) |
| Total number of stops | 55 (51) |
| Key action | Pneumatic |
| Stop action | Pneumatic |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Double Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason 1 8', Open Diapason 2 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks (17.19.22), Mixture 2 ranks (26.29) - 1987, Double Trumpet 16' - 1987, Posaune 8', Clarion 4'.
Choir Organ (C-a'''): Gamba 8', Dulciana 8', Lieblich Gedeckt 8', Gemshorn 4' - 1987, Suabe Flute 4', Flautina 2', Corno di Bassetto 8' - 1987.
Swell Organ (enclosed) (C-a'''): Double Diapason 16' - 1987, Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Salicional 8', Voix Celestes 8', Principal 4', Stopped Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 4 ranks (19.22.26.29), Contra Fagotto 16' - 1987, Cornopean 8', Hautbois 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Solo Organ (enclosed) (C-a'''): Rohr Flöte 8', Viola da Gamba 8', Unda Maris 8', Harmonic Flute 8', Harmonic Flute 4', Harmonic Piccolo 2' - 1987, Orchestral Oboe 8', Orchestral Clarinet 8', Vox Humana 8' - 1987, Tuba 8' - unenclosed, Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Double Open Diapason 32', Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason 16' - extension, Bourdon 16', Violone 16' - 1987, Principal 8' - 1987, Bass Flute 8' - extension, Fifteenth 4', Mixture 3 ranks (17.19.22), Contra Trombone 32' - extension, Trombone 16', Trumpet 8' - extension.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Solo to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Solo to Pedal, Swell Octave, Swell Suboctave, Solo Suboctave, Great Reeds on Choir.
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| Different specifications |
De dispositie luidde voor 1987: Great: Double Open Diapason 16', Diapason I 8', Diapason II 8', Diapason III 8', Stopped Flute 8', Principal 4', Octave 4', Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks (19.22.26), Posaune 8', Clarion 4'. Choir: Dulciana 8', Unda Maris 8', Rohr Flute 8', Salicet 4', Suabe Flute 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Block Flute 2', Gemshorn Tierce 1 3/5'. Positif: Echo Diapason 8', Gedeckt 8', Spitzflote 4'. Swell: Diapason 8', Salicional 8', Voix Celeste 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Stopped Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 4 ranks (19.22.26.29), Contra Fagotto 16', Double Trumpet 16', Horn 8', Hautbois 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant. Solo: Viole d'Orchestre 8', Viole Celestes 8', Harmonic Flute 8', Harmonic Flute 4', Piccolo 2', Orchestral Oboe 8', Orchestral Clarinet 8', Tuba 8', Tremulant. Pedal: Double Open Diapason 32', Open Diapason (Wood) 16', Open Diapason (Metal) 16', Violone 16', Bourdon 16', Octave 8', Bass Flute 8', Fifteenth 4', Octave Flute 4', Bass Cornet 2 ranks (5.10), Bass Quartane 2 ranks (12.15), Trombone 32', Trombone 16', Trumpet 8', Clarion 4'. Koppelingen: Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Swell to Pedal, Swell Octave, Swell Suboctave, Choir to Pedal, Great to Pedal, Solo to Great, Solo to Pedal, Solo Suboctave. Speelhulpen: Great Reeds on Choir. |
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