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Tonbridge, United Kingdom (Kent) - Tonbridge School Chapel
Municipal: Tonbridge
Address: High Street, TN9 1JP, Tonbridge
Website: http://www.tonbridge-school.co.uk/
Description nr.: 2018598.
Built by: James J. Binns & Co. (1904)
In 1904 the Binns firm built a three manual organ for Tonbridge School Chapel. The organ got slides chests with tube pneumatics as action. This action was later partially electrified. In 1979 Noel Mander carried out a restoration. The action has been completely renewed and replaced by electro-pneumatics and the stop list was expanded with a few new stops.
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ: Double Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Claribel Flute 8', Principal 4', Stopped Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Fourniture 4-6 ranks - 1979, Trumpet 8', Clarion 4'.
Choir Organ: Lieblich Gedeckt 8', Viola da Gamba 8', Flauto Traverso 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Piccolo 2', Clarinet 8', Tremulant, Trumpet 8' - van Great, Tuba 8'.
Swell Organ: Open Diapason 8', Rohr Flute 8', Echo Gamba 8', Voix Gamba 8', Gemshorn 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Oboe 8', Tremulant, Double Trumpet 16', Cornopean 8', Clarion 4'.
Pedal Organ: Open Metal 16' - 1979, Violone 16' - van Great, Subbass 16', Lieblich Bourdon 16', Principal 8', Bass Flute 8', Lieblich Flute 8', Fifteenth 4', Stopped Flute 4', Octavin 2', Mixture 4 ranks, Double Ophicleide 32' - 1979, Ophicleide 16', Trombone 16' - van Swell, Posaune 8', Clarion 4'.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
Tonbridge, United Kingdom (Kent) - Tonbridge School Chapel
Municipal: Tonbridge
Address: High Street, TN9 1JP, Tonbridge
Website: http://www.tonbridge-school.co.uk/
Description nr.: 2018598.
Built by: James J. Binns & Co. (1904)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1904 | James J. Binns & Co. | new organ | 1979 | Mander Organs | restoration |
In 1904 the Binns firm built a three manual organ for Tonbridge School Chapel. The organ got slides chests with tube pneumatics as action. This action was later partially electrified. In 1979 Noel Mander carried out a restoration. The action has been completely renewed and replaced by electro-pneumatics and the stop list was expanded with a few new stops.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 11 |
| - Choir Organ | 8 (7) |
| - Swell Organ | 11 |
| - Pedal Organ | 16 (14) |
| Total number of stops | 46 (43) |
| Key action | Electropneumatic |
| Stop action | Electropneumatic |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great Organ: Double Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Claribel Flute 8', Principal 4', Stopped Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Fourniture 4-6 ranks - 1979, Trumpet 8', Clarion 4'.
Choir Organ: Lieblich Gedeckt 8', Viola da Gamba 8', Flauto Traverso 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Piccolo 2', Clarinet 8', Tremulant, Trumpet 8' - van Great, Tuba 8'.
Swell Organ: Open Diapason 8', Rohr Flute 8', Echo Gamba 8', Voix Gamba 8', Gemshorn 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Oboe 8', Tremulant, Double Trumpet 16', Cornopean 8', Clarion 4'.
Pedal Organ: Open Metal 16' - 1979, Violone 16' - van Great, Subbass 16', Lieblich Bourdon 16', Principal 8', Bass Flute 8', Lieblich Flute 8', Fifteenth 4', Stopped Flute 4', Octavin 2', Mixture 4 ranks, Double Ophicleide 32' - 1979, Ophicleide 16', Trombone 16' - van Swell, Posaune 8', Clarion 4'.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
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