Complete description of the selected organ
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Photo: Jörg R. Becker
Warwick, United Kingdom (Warwickshire) - Collegiate Church of Saint Mary, Choir Organ (North Transept)
Municipal: Warwick
Address: Old Square, CV34 4RA, Warwick
Website: http://www.stmaryswarwick.org.uk/
Description nr.: 2011301.
Built by: Nicholson & Co. (1979)
The organ contains older material: Organ cases and pipes from 1897 by Robert Hope-Jones
In 1979 Nicholson rebuilt the chancel organ of the Church of Saint Mary in Warwick. A new main organ was completed one year later. There is one central console, from which both organs are played. Many pipes and both organ cases go back to the organ that Hope-Jones placed in the choir in 1897.
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Contra Geigen 16', Open Diapason 8' - 1897, Stopped Flute 8' - 1897, Octave 4' - 1897, Wald Flute 4' - 1998, Twelfth 2 2/3' - 1897, Fifteenth 2' - 1897, Fourniture 3-4 ranks (15.19.22.26), Trumpet 8'.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Stopped Diapason 8' - 1998, Salicional 8', Vox Angelica 8', Principal 4' - 1897, Stopped Flute 4' - 1998, Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3-4 ranks, Contra Oboe 16', Oboe 8' - extension, Cornopean 8' - 1897, Clarion 4' - extension, Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Geigen 16' - van Great, Bourdon 16', Principal 8' - extension, Bass Flute 8' - extension, Fifteenth 4' - extension, Trombone 16', Trumpet 8' - extension.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Pedal, Swell Octave, Swell Suboctave, Great to Pedal.
Accessories: 64 general memories, 64 divisional memories, Sequencer.
Photo: Jörg R. Becker
Warwick, United Kingdom (Warwickshire) - Collegiate Church of Saint Mary, Choir Organ (North Transept)
Municipal: Warwick
Address: Old Square, CV34 4RA, Warwick
Website: http://www.stmaryswarwick.org.uk/
Description nr.: 2011301.
Built by: Nicholson & Co. (1979)
The organ contains older material: Organ cases and pipes from 1897 by Robert Hope-Jones
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1897 | Robert Hope-Jones | new organ | 1979 | Nicholson & Co. | new organ in old case |
In 1979 Nicholson rebuilt the chancel organ of the Church of Saint Mary in Warwick. A new main organ was completed one year later. There is one central console, from which both organs are played. Many pipes and both organ cases go back to the organ that Hope-Jones placed in the choir in 1897.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 9 |
| - Swell Organ | 11 (9) |
| - Pedal Organ | 7 (2) |
| Total number of stops | 27 (20) |
| Key action | Electropneumatic |
| Stop action | Electropneumatic |
| Windchest(s) | Cone chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Contra Geigen 16', Open Diapason 8' - 1897, Stopped Flute 8' - 1897, Octave 4' - 1897, Wald Flute 4' - 1998, Twelfth 2 2/3' - 1897, Fifteenth 2' - 1897, Fourniture 3-4 ranks (15.19.22.26), Trumpet 8'.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Stopped Diapason 8' - 1998, Salicional 8', Vox Angelica 8', Principal 4' - 1897, Stopped Flute 4' - 1998, Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3-4 ranks, Contra Oboe 16', Oboe 8' - extension, Cornopean 8' - 1897, Clarion 4' - extension, Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Geigen 16' - van Great, Bourdon 16', Principal 8' - extension, Bass Flute 8' - extension, Fifteenth 4' - extension, Trombone 16', Trumpet 8' - extension.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Pedal, Swell Octave, Swell Suboctave, Great to Pedal.
Accessories: 64 general memories, 64 divisional memories, Sequencer.
| Literature |
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 |
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