Complete description of the selected organ
Photo: Piet Bron
London, United Kingdom (Greater London) - Church of Saint Mary le Bow (City)
Municipal: London
Address: Cheapside, EC2V 6AU, London
Website: http://www.stmarylebow.co.uk/
Description nr.: 2021379.
Built by: Kenneth Tickell & Company (2010) - opus 72
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ: Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Spitz Flute 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Open Flute 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Furniture 4 ranks, Trumpet 8', Tremulant.
Swell Organ: Chimney Flute 8', Viola de Gamba 8', Voix Celeste 8', Principal 4', Traverse Flute 4', Gemshorn 2', Larigot 1 1/3', Sesquialtera 2 ranks, Mixture 3 ranks, Bassoon 16', Trumpet 8', Hautboy 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant, Bow Bells.
Pedal Organ: Sub Bass 16', Violone 16', Principal 8', Open Flute 8', Octave 4', Trombone 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
Photo: Piet Bron
London, United Kingdom (Greater London) - Church of Saint Mary le Bow (City)
Municipal: London
Address: Cheapside, EC2V 6AU, London
Website: http://www.stmarylebow.co.uk/
Description nr.: 2021379.
Built by: Kenneth Tickell & Company (2010) - opus 72
Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1880 | J.W. Walker & Sons | new organ | 1964 | Rushworth & Dreaper | new organ | 2010 | Kenneth Tickell & Company | 72 | new organ in old case |
- De firma Walker & Sons bouwde in 1879/1880 een orgel voor de kerk van Saint Mary le Bow in Londen. Het kreeg drie manualen en pedaal met 33 stemmen. Het vorige orgel van de kerk plaatsten zij over naar de kerk van Saint James, Camberwell. In 1940 raakte de kerk zwaar beschadigd door bombardementen en het orgel ging grotendeels verloren.
- In de herstelde kerk bouwde de firma Rushworth & Dreaper in 1962-1964 een nieuw orgel, waarbij gedeelten van het Walker-orgel hergebruikt zijn. De orgelkas is ontworpen door Lawrence King in klassieke achttiende-eeuwse stijl. Het orgel werd gebouwd met electro-pneumatische tractuur, kegelladen, twee manualen en pedaal en achttien stemmen.
- In 2008 is besloten het orgel te vervangen door een nieuw instrument van de firma Kenneth Tickell, waarbij de kas van Lawrence King opnieuw gebruikt is. Dit orgel was in 2010 voltooid.
Technical data
Number of stops per division | |
- Great Organ | 11 |
- Swell Organ | 13 |
- Pedal Organ | 6 |
Total number of stops | 30 |
Key action | Mechanical |
Stop action | Electrical |
Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great Organ: Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Spitz Flute 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Open Flute 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Furniture 4 ranks, Trumpet 8', Tremulant.
Swell Organ: Chimney Flute 8', Viola de Gamba 8', Voix Celeste 8', Principal 4', Traverse Flute 4', Gemshorn 2', Larigot 1 1/3', Sesquialtera 2 ranks, Mixture 3 ranks, Bassoon 16', Trumpet 8', Hautboy 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant, Bow Bells.
Pedal Organ: Sub Bass 16', Violone 16', Principal 8', Open Flute 8', Octave 4', Trombone 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
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Different specifications |
De dispositie van Rushworth & Dreaper (1964) luidde: Great Organ (C-c''''): Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Dulciana 8', Principal 4', Spitz Flöte 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2'. Swell Organ (C-c''''): Open Diapason 8', Lieblich Gedeckt 8', Salicional 8', Vox Angelica 8', Gemshorn 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks (15.19.22), Trompette 8', Oboe 8', Tremulant. Pedal Organ (C-f'): Contra Bass 16', Bourdon 16', Principal 8' - extension, Bass Flute 8' - extension, Octave Flute 4' - extension. Koppelingen: Swell to Great, Swell to Pedal, Great to Pedal, Swell Octave, Swell Suboctave. |
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