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Source: Postcard
Banbury, United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) - Church of Saint Mary
Description nr.: 2026236.
Built by: John Byfield (1765)
Orgel gebouwd door John Byfield in 1765. Het is verbouwd en uitgebreid door verschillende orgelbouwers, waaronder Henry Bryceson in 1859, Walker & Sons in 1874 en Hill, Norman & Beard in 1924 en 1935.
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Double Diapason 16', Large Open Diapason 8', Small Open Diapason 8', Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Sesquialtera 4 ranks, Posaune 8', Tuba 8'.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Flûte à Cheminée 8', Gamba 8', Dulciana 8', Flute 4', Dulcet 4', Clarinet 8', Tuba 8' - from Great.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Rohr Flute 8', Echo Gamba 8', Celeste 8', Principal 4', Piccolo 2', Mixture 5 ranks, Double Trumpet 16', Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Acoustic Bass 32', Open Diapason 16' - wood, Open Diapason 16' - from Great, Bourdon 16', Octave 8', Flute 8', Fifteenth 4', Trombone 16'.
Source: Postcard
Banbury, United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) - Church of Saint Mary
Description nr.: 2026236.
Built by: John Byfield (1765)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1765 | John Byfield | new organ | 1859 | Henry Bryceson | rebuild | 1874 | J.W. Walker & Sons | restoration and enlargement | 1924 | Norman & Beard Hill | rebuild | 1935 | Norman & Beard Hill | maintenance/reparations |
Orgel gebouwd door John Byfield in 1765. Het is verbouwd en uitgebreid door verschillende orgelbouwers, waaronder Henry Bryceson in 1859, Walker & Sons in 1874 en Hill, Norman & Beard in 1924 en 1935.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 12 |
| - Choir Organ | 7 |
| - Swell Organ | 12 |
| - Pedal Organ | 8 |
| Total number of stops | 39 |
| Key action | Electropneumatic |
| Stop action | Electropneumatic |
| Windchest(s) | Cone chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Double Diapason 16', Large Open Diapason 8', Small Open Diapason 8', Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Sesquialtera 4 ranks, Posaune 8', Tuba 8'.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Flûte à Cheminée 8', Gamba 8', Dulciana 8', Flute 4', Dulcet 4', Clarinet 8', Tuba 8' - from Great.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Rohr Flute 8', Echo Gamba 8', Celeste 8', Principal 4', Piccolo 2', Mixture 5 ranks, Double Trumpet 16', Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Acoustic Bass 32', Open Diapason 16' - wood, Open Diapason 16' - from Great, Bourdon 16', Octave 8', Flute 8', Fifteenth 4', Trombone 16'.
| Literature |
The organs of Oxford / Robert Pacey, Michael Popkin. - Oxford : Positif Press, 1997. |
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