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Photo: Frans Sellies
London, United Kingdom (Greater London) - Chapel Royal of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula - Her Majesty's Tower of London (City)
Municipal: London
Address: St Katharine's & Wapping, EC3N 4AB, London
Website: http://www.thechapelsroyalhmtoweroflondon.org.uk/
Description nr.: 2006618.
Built by: Orgues Létourneau (2002) - opus 70
The organ contains older material: Organ case from 1699 by Bernard "Father" Smith
Short list of all locations the organ has been
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ: Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Chimney Flute 8', Principal 4', Conical Flute 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Mixture 4 ranks, Trumpet 8', Tremulant.
Swell Organ: Violin Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Viola da Gamba 8', Voix Celeste 8', Principal 4', Open Flute 4', Recorder 2', Nineteenth 1 1/3', Mixture 4 ranks, Bassoon 16', Trumpet 8', Oboe 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ: Contrabass 16', Subbass 16', Principal 8', Bourdon 8', Choral Bass 4', Posaune 16', Trumpet 8'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedals, Swell to Pedals.
Photo: Frans Sellies
London, United Kingdom (Greater London) - Chapel Royal of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula - Her Majesty's Tower of London (City)
Municipal: London
Address: St Katharine's & Wapping, EC3N 4AB, London
Website: http://www.thechapelsroyalhmtoweroflondon.org.uk/
Description nr.: 2006618.
Built by: Orgues Létourneau (2002) - opus 70
The organ contains older material: Organ case from 1699 by Bernard "Father" Smith
Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1676 | Bernard "Father" Smith | new organ | 1814 | Thomas Elliot | new organ in old case | 1844 | William Hill & Sons | restoration and enlargement | 1877 | William Hill & Sons | enlargement | 1891 | William Hill & Sons | transfer/relocate | 1953 | William Hill & Sons | rebuild | 1977 | Norman & Beard Hill | reconstruction | 1993 | Mander Organs | maintenance/reparations | 2002 | Orgues Létourneau | 70 | new organ |
- In 1676, Bernard Smith built a new organ for the Chapel Royal in Whitehall. It had three manuals with nineteen stops. The organ was largely renovated in 1814 by Thomas Elliott. In 1844 a conversion and expansion followed by William Hill, who made a fourth manual and placed the Choir Organ in a new positive in the gallery. Advisor for this work with Richard Massey, organist at the Whitehall Chapel. In 1877 another expansion by Hill followed, under the advice of Charles Sherwood Jekyll, organist of the chapel since 1877.
- In 1891 it was restored by the Hill company and transferred to the Saint Peter-ad-Vincula chapel in the Tower. The positive was removed. Even in the twentieth century, the organ was modified several times by Hill. The action was pneumatized in 1953. Hill, Norman & Beard reconstructed the instrument in 1977 with mechanical action and new slider chests. Noel Mander carried out a revision in 1993.
- The interior was eventually replaced around 2002 by a completely new instrument, built by the Canadian company Létourneau.
Short list of all locations the organ has been
1676 | London | Chapel Royal, Whitehall |
1891 | London | Chapel Royal of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula - Her Majesty's Tower of London (City) |
Technical data
Number of stops per division | |
- Great Organ | 10 |
- Swell Organ | 13 |
- Pedal Organ | 7 |
Total number of stops | 30 |
Key action | Mechanical |
Stop action | Mechanical |
Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great Organ: Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Chimney Flute 8', Principal 4', Conical Flute 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Mixture 4 ranks, Trumpet 8', Tremulant.
Swell Organ: Violin Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Viola da Gamba 8', Voix Celeste 8', Principal 4', Open Flute 4', Recorder 2', Nineteenth 1 1/3', Mixture 4 ranks, Bassoon 16', Trumpet 8', Oboe 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ: Contrabass 16', Subbass 16', Principal 8', Bourdon 8', Choral Bass 4', Posaune 16', Trumpet 8'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedals, Swell to Pedals.
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Recordings |
Music for Organ from the Tower of London / Colm Carey. - London Independent Records LIR 004 (CD). |
Links |
https://www.letourneauorgans.com/organs/opus-70 |