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Penzance, United Kingdom (Cornwall) - Church of Saint Mary the Virgin
Municipal: Penzance
Address: Chapel Street, TR18 4AP, Penzance
Website: https://www.penleecluster.org.uk/
Description nr.: 2026204.
Built by: Lance Foy (1986)
Short list of all locations the organ has been
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Double Diapason 16', Open Diapason no.1 8', Open Diapason no.2 8', Wald Flute 8', Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Seventeenth 1 3/5', Mixture 3 ranks (19.22.26), Mixture 2 ranks (29.33), Tromba 8', Clarion 4'.
Choir Organ (C-a'''): Stopped Diapason 8', Dulciana 8', Gamba 8', Spitz Flute 4', Flageolet 2', Nineteenth 1 1/3', Twenty-Second 1', Clarinet 8', Tromba 8'.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Violin Diapason 8', Rohr Flute 8', Salicional 8', Vox Angelica 8', Principal 4', Echo Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks (22.26.29), Contra Fagotto 16', Trumpet 8', Oboe 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Contra Bass 32', Open Wood 16', Double Diapason 16', Sub Bass 16', Principal 8', Bass Flute 8', Fifteenth 4', Octave Flute 4', Trombone 16', Contra Fagotto 16', Tromba 8', Clarinet 4'.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Choir Octave, Choir Suboctave, Swell Octave, Swell Suboctave.
Penzance, United Kingdom (Cornwall) - Church of Saint Mary the Virgin
Municipal: Penzance
Address: Chapel Street, TR18 4AP, Penzance
Website: https://www.penleecluster.org.uk/
Description nr.: 2026204.
Built by: Lance Foy (1986)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1676 | Bernard "Father" Smith | new organ | ca. 1800 | John Byfield | enlargement | 1830 | J.C. Bishop & Son | maintenance/reparations | 1926 | Rushworth & Dreaper | rebuild | 1950 | J.W. Walker & Sons | rebuild | 1986 | Lance Foy | new organ |
- In 1986 Lance Foy built an organ for the Church of Saint Mary in Penzance. However, most of the material used was taken from the demolished organ of University Church in Oxford, where the Metzler firm installed an entirely new instrument. The history of this organ begins with the building of a new organ in Oxford by Father Bernard Smith in 1675-1676. This organ was placed between the choir and nave of the church.
- At the end of the eighteenth century, John Byfield expanded the organ with a swell. Bishop & Son modified the stop list in the early nineteenth century. Thomas Plowman designed a new front in gothic revival style in 1827. In 1926 the organ was completely rebuilt by Rushworth & Dreaper. The organ was severely damaged by a fire. It was rebuilt in 1950 by Walker & Sons. In building the organ for Penzance, Foy used most of the pipework from the organ and Plowman's front. Consultant was Russell Jory.
Short list of all locations the organ has been
| 1676 | Oxford | University Church of Saint Mary the Virgin |
| 1986 | Penzance | Church of Saint Mary the Virgin |
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 13 |
| - Choir Organ | 9 |
| - Swell Organ | 12 |
| - Pedal Organ | 12 |
| Total number of stops | 46 |
| Key action | Electropneumatic |
| Stop action | Electropneumatic |
| Windchest(s) | Cone chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Double Diapason 16', Open Diapason no.1 8', Open Diapason no.2 8', Wald Flute 8', Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Seventeenth 1 3/5', Mixture 3 ranks (19.22.26), Mixture 2 ranks (29.33), Tromba 8', Clarion 4'.
Choir Organ (C-a'''): Stopped Diapason 8', Dulciana 8', Gamba 8', Spitz Flute 4', Flageolet 2', Nineteenth 1 1/3', Twenty-Second 1', Clarinet 8', Tromba 8'.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Violin Diapason 8', Rohr Flute 8', Salicional 8', Vox Angelica 8', Principal 4', Echo Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks (22.26.29), Contra Fagotto 16', Trumpet 8', Oboe 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Contra Bass 32', Open Wood 16', Double Diapason 16', Sub Bass 16', Principal 8', Bass Flute 8', Fifteenth 4', Octave Flute 4', Trombone 16', Contra Fagotto 16', Tromba 8', Clarinet 4'.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Choir Octave, Choir Suboctave, Swell Octave, Swell Suboctave.
| Literature |
The organs of Oxford / Robert Pacey, Michael Popkin. - Oxford : Positif Press, 1997. |