Complete description of the selected organ
Photo: Piet Bron
Oxford, United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) - Balliol College Chapel
Municipal: Oxford
Address: Broad Street, OX1 3BJ, Oxford
Website: http://www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/
Description nr.: 2015570.
Built by: Harrison & Harrison (1937)
Het orgel van Balliol College werd in 1937 gebouwd door Harrison & Harrison. De klassiek vormgegeven kas is een ontwerp van Walter Tapper. Opvallend zijn de fraai beschilderde pijpen in de torens. Het orgel verving een instrument van John Nicholson uit 1874, dat in 1886 door Willis was uitgebreid. In 1992 voerde Harrison & Harrison een restauratie uit.
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Double Geigen 16', Large Open Diapason 8', Small Open Diapason 8', Claribel Flute 8', Dulciana 8', Octave 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Octave Quint 2 2/3', Super Octave 2'.
Choir Organ (C-a'''): Hohl Flute 8', Viol d'Orchestre 8', Wald Flute 4', Clarinet 8'.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Violin Diapason 8', Lieblich Gedact 8', Echo Salicional 8', Vox Angelica 8' (TC), Gemshorn 4', Dulciana Mixture 3 ranks, Trumpet 8', Oboe 8', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Wood 16', Sub Bass 16', Flute 8' - extension.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell octave, Swell suboctave, Swell unison off.
Photo: Piet Bron
Oxford, United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) - Balliol College Chapel
Municipal: Oxford
Address: Broad Street, OX1 3BJ, Oxford
Website: http://www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/
Description nr.: 2015570.
Built by: Harrison & Harrison (1937)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1937 | Harrison & Harrison | new organ | 1992 | Harrison & Harrison | restoration |
Het orgel van Balliol College werd in 1937 gebouwd door Harrison & Harrison. De klassiek vormgegeven kas is een ontwerp van Walter Tapper. Opvallend zijn de fraai beschilderde pijpen in de torens. Het orgel verving een instrument van John Nicholson uit 1874, dat in 1886 door Willis was uitgebreid. In 1992 voerde Harrison & Harrison een restauratie uit.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 9 |
| - Choir Organ | 4 |
| - Swell Organ | 9 |
| - Pedal Organ | 3 (2) |
| Total number of stops | 25 (24) |
| Key action | Electropneumatic |
| Stop action | Electropneumatic |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Double Geigen 16', Large Open Diapason 8', Small Open Diapason 8', Claribel Flute 8', Dulciana 8', Octave 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Octave Quint 2 2/3', Super Octave 2'.
Choir Organ (C-a'''): Hohl Flute 8', Viol d'Orchestre 8', Wald Flute 4', Clarinet 8'.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Violin Diapason 8', Lieblich Gedact 8', Echo Salicional 8', Vox Angelica 8' (TC), Gemshorn 4', Dulciana Mixture 3 ranks, Trumpet 8', Oboe 8', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Wood 16', Sub Bass 16', Flute 8' - extension.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell octave, Swell suboctave, Swell unison off.
| Literature |
The organs of Oxford / Robert Pacey, Michael Popkin. - Oxford : Positif Press, 1997. |