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Photo: Jörg R. Becker.

Photo: Jörg R. Becker

Warwick, United Kingdom (Warwickshire) - Collegiate Church of Saint Mary, West Organ
Municipal: Warwick
Address: Old Square, CV34 4RA, Warwick
Website: http://www.stmaryswarwick.org.uk/

Description nr.: 2011284.

Built by: Nicholson & Co. (1980)


In 1980 the Nicholson firm completed a new organ for the Church of Saint Mary in Warwick, which was placed in a gallery on the west side of the church. There is one central console in the choir of the church, from which both this west organ and the choir organ, which was completed in 1979, are played.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great Organ11 (10)
- Positive Organ12 (11)
- Swell Organ9
- Pedal Organ13 (8)
Total number of stops45 (38)
Key actionElectropneumatic
Stop actionElectrical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Bourdon 16', Principal 8', Stopped Flute 8', Octave 4', Flute 4', Grosse Tierce 3 1/5', Larigot 1 1/3', Quartane 2 ranks (12.15), Fourniture 3-4 ranks (15.19.22.26), Trompette 8', Trompeta Real 8' - van Positive, Tremulant.
Positive Organ (C-c''''): Stopped Diapason 8', Nachthorn 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Principal 2', Blockflute 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Sifflote 1', Cymbel 3 ranks (26.29.33), Regal 16', Voix Humaine 8', Trompeta Real 8' - en chamade, Trompeta Octava 4' - extension, Tremulant.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Gedackt 8', Viola 8', Voix Cèleste 8', Principal 4', Octave 2', Sesquialtera 2 ranks (12.17), Plein Jeu 4-5 ranks (19.22.26.29.33), Fagott 16', Posaune 8', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Sub Bass 32', Principal 16', Bourdon 16', Diapason 8' - extension, Bass Flute 8' - extension, Choral Bass 4', Octave Flute 4' - extension, Mixture 3 ranks, Schalmei 4', Tremulant, Contra Bombarde 32' - extension, Bombarde 16', Fagott 16', Octave Bombarde 8' - extension, Tremulant.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Pedal, Great to Pedal, Positive to Great, Positive to Pedal, Swell to Positive.

Literature
  • What's that you say? : St. Mary's Warwick / Roger Fisher, Donald Wright. - In: Organists' Review, vol. 67 no. 2, May 1982.
  • The Organs and Organists of the Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick / Charles Matthews, Alan Baker. - Warwick, 1990.
Recordings Late Romantic Masterworks / Andrew Fletcher. - Mirabilis MRCD 903 (CD). - 1990.
Links http://www.stmaryswarwick.org.uk/index.php?/stmarysredesign/music_organ

Photo: Jan Schuring. Date: 30 december 2014.
Photo: Jan Schuring