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Crowthorne, United Kingdom (Berkshire) - Wellington College Chapel
Municipal: Crowthorne
Address: Wellington College, RG45 7PU, Crowthorne
Website: http://www.wellingtoncollege.org.uk/
Description nr.: 2018652.
Built by: Harrison & Harrison (1922)
Harrison & Harrison built a three manual organ for Wellington College Chapel in Crowthorne in 1922. Charles J. Blomfield designed the organ case. The instrument was restored in 1980 by the same firm. The disposition has been modified on this occasion.
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ: Double Geigen 16', Large Open Diapason 8', Small Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Octave 4', Open Flute 4', Octave Quint 2 2/3', Superoctave 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Mixture 2 ranks - 1980, Sharp Mixture 3 ranks (17.19.21), Tromba 8', Octave Tromba 4'.
Choir Organ: Quintaton 16', Geigen 8', Viole d'Orchestre 8', Harmonic Flute 8', Concert Flute 4', Harmonic Piccolo 2', Orchestral Bassoon 16', Clarinet 8', Tremulant.
Swell Organ: Open Diapason 8', Echo Gamba 8', Vox Angelica 8' (from c°), Lieblich Gedeckt 8', Octave Gamba 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 5 ranks, Double Trumpet 16', Trumpet 8', Oboe 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ: Open Wood 16', Geigen 16', Sub Bass 16', Principal 8', Flute 8', Fifteenth 4', Mixture 2 ranks, Ophicleide 16'.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Choir Octave, Choir Octave Alone, Swell Octave.
Crowthorne, United Kingdom (Berkshire) - Wellington College Chapel
Municipal: Crowthorne
Address: Wellington College, RG45 7PU, Crowthorne
Website: http://www.wellingtoncollege.org.uk/
Description nr.: 2018652.
Built by: Harrison & Harrison (1922)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1922 | Harrison & Harrison | new organ | 1980 | Harrison & Harrison | restoration |
Harrison & Harrison built a three manual organ for Wellington College Chapel in Crowthorne in 1922. Charles J. Blomfield designed the organ case. The instrument was restored in 1980 by the same firm. The disposition has been modified on this occasion.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 13 |
| - Choir Organ | 8 |
| - Swell Organ | 11 |
| - Pedal Organ | 8 |
| Total number of stops | 40 |
| Key action | Electropneumatic |
| Stop action | Electropneumatic |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great Organ: Double Geigen 16', Large Open Diapason 8', Small Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Octave 4', Open Flute 4', Octave Quint 2 2/3', Superoctave 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Mixture 2 ranks - 1980, Sharp Mixture 3 ranks (17.19.21), Tromba 8', Octave Tromba 4'.
Choir Organ: Quintaton 16', Geigen 8', Viole d'Orchestre 8', Harmonic Flute 8', Concert Flute 4', Harmonic Piccolo 2', Orchestral Bassoon 16', Clarinet 8', Tremulant.
Swell Organ: Open Diapason 8', Echo Gamba 8', Vox Angelica 8' (from c°), Lieblich Gedeckt 8', Octave Gamba 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 5 ranks, Double Trumpet 16', Trumpet 8', Oboe 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ: Open Wood 16', Geigen 16', Sub Bass 16', Principal 8', Flute 8', Fifteenth 4', Mixture 2 ranks, Ophicleide 16'.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Choir Octave, Choir Octave Alone, Swell Octave.
| Other specifications | |
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| Different specifications |
The stop list before 1980 was: Great Organ: Double Geigen 16', Large Open Diapason 8', Small Open Diapason 8', Hohl Flute 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Octave 4', Octave Quint 2 2/3', Super Octave 2', Harmonics 3 ranks (17.19.22), Tromba 8', Octave Tromba 4'. Choir Organ: Quintaton 16', Geigen 8', Harmonic Flute 8', Viole d'Orchestre 8', Concert Flute 4', Harmonic Piccolo 2', Orchestral Bassoon 16', Clarinet 8', Tremulant. Swell Organ: Open Diapason 8', Lieblich Gedeckt 8', Echo Gamba 8', Vox Angelica 8' (from c°), Octave Gamba 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 5 ranks (12.19.22.26.29), Double Trumpet 16', Trumpet 8', Oboe 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant. Pedal Organ: Open Wood 16', Sub-Bass 16', Geigen 16', Octave Wood 8', Flute 8', Ophicleide 16'. |
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