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London - Church of Saint Mildred (City)

London, United Kingdom (Greater London) - Church of Saint Mildred (City)
Municipal: London
Address: Bread Street, London

Description nr.: 2026409.

Built by: Thomas Griffin (1745)
Destroyed (1940)

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1745 Thomas Griffin  new organ
19e eeuw Gray & Davison  restoration and enlargement
1930 George H.C. Foskett & Co.  restoration

Thomas Griffin bouwde in 1745 een orgel voor Saint Mildred's Church in Londen. Richard Hussey schonk het orgel aan de kerk, en werd ook de eerste organist. In de loop van de negentiende eeuw is het door Gray & Davison gemoderniseerd en uitgebreid. Het is in 1930 door Foskett gerestaureerd. Het Swell Organ liep op de lade vanaf c-klein. Het groot octaaf van Swell was permanent gekoppeld aan Choir. Het orgel ging verloren door bombardementen in 1940. Alleen de engelfiguur die de kas bekroonde is bewaard gebleven. Deze staat tegenwoordig in de kerk van Saint Anne and Saint Agnes.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great Organ8
- Choir Organ6
- Swell Organ7
- Pedal Organ1
Total number of stops22
Manual compassC-f''', Swell c-f'''
Pedal compassC-f'
Key actionMechanical
Stop actionMechanical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Great Organ: Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Piccolo 2', Trumpet 8'.
Choir Organ: Dulciana 8' (TC), Stopped Diapason 8', Gamba 8', Principal 4', Flute 4', Cremona 8' (TC).
Swell Organ: Double Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Fifteenth 2', Trumpet 8', Oboe 8', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Bourdon 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal.
Accessories: 3 composition pedals to Great.

Other specifications
Different specifications De dispositie luidde in 1800:
Great Organ (GG-d''' met kort octaaf): Open Diapason, Stopped Diapason, Principal, Twelfth, Fifteenth, Furniture 2 ranks, Sesquialtera 4 ranks (bass), Cornet 4 ranks (treble), Trumpet.
Choir Organ (GG-d''' met kort octaaf): Open Diapason (GG-fis), Stopped Diapason (GG-fis), Flute (GG-fis), Flute (g-d'''), Cremona (c'-d''').
Swell Organ (g-d'''): Open Diapason, German Flute, Cornet 2 ranks, Trumpet.
Swell en Choir bespeelbaar vanaf hetzeflde klavier.
Literature
  • Notes on Old London City churches, their organs, organists, and musical associations / Charles William Pearce. - London : The Vincent Music Company Ltd., [1908].
  • The organs of the City of London : From the Restoration to the Present / Nicholas M. Plumley. - Oxford : Positif Press, 1996.