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Source: Album cover.

Source: Album cover

Kidderminster, United Kingdom (Worcestershire) - Town Hall
Municipal: Kidderminster
Address: Vicar Street, DY10 1DB, Kidderminster
Website: https://www.kidderminstertownhall.org.uk/

Description nr.: 2031065.

Built by: William Hill & Sons (1855)

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1855 William Hill & Sons  new organ
1951 Norman & Beard Hill  restoration and enlargement

Het orgel in de Town Hall in Kidderminster is in 1855 gebouwd door William Hill & Son uit London. In 1950-1951 wijzigde de firma Hill, Norman & Beard de dispositie en breidde deze uit. Toen is ook de pedaalomvang vergroot van 29 tonen naar 30 tonen. In 1981 had, voor zover bekend, het laatste groot onderhoud plaats, waarbij tevens de transmissie van het 16'-register van het Swell Organ naar het pedaal werd gerealiseerd.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great Organ11
- Choir Organ6
- Swell Organ11
- Pedal5 (4)
Total number of stops33 (32)
Key actionMechanical
Stop actionMechanical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Great Organ (C-g'''): Double Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Cone Gamba 8', Octave 4', Wald Flute 4', Quint 2 2/3', Super Octave 2', Sesquialtera 3 ranks (1 3/5'), Posaune 8', Clarion 4' - 1951.
Choir Organ (C-g'''): Stopped Diapason 8', Salicional 8', Gemshorn 4', Flute 4', Piccolo 2', Cromorne 8'.
Swell Organ (C-g'''): Double Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Viol di Gamba 8', Viole d'Orchestre 8', Voix Celeste 8' (TC), Octave 4', Super Octave 2', Quartane 2 2/3' + 2'', Cornopean 8', Hautboy 8', Tremulant.
Pedal (C-f'): Open Wood 16', Violon 16', Double Diapason 16' - from Swell Organ, Octave 8', Trombone 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell Octave.
Accessories: 3 Combination Pedals to Great Organ, 3 Combination Pedals to Swell Organ.

Recordings
  • Priory LP Archive Series Volume 4 / Philip Moore, Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, Michael Overbury, Andrew Millington. - Priory Records PRCD 916 (CD). - 2004. - Opgenomen in Guildford, Coventry, Nottingham en Kidderminster.
  • The 1855 Hill Organ of Kidderminster Town Hall / Andrew Millington. - Priory Records PR 147 (LP). - 1984.
Other sources
  • Bert Wisgerhof