Complete description of the selected organ
Photo: Piet Bron
London, United Kingdom (Greater London) - Church of Saint Nicholas Cole Abbey (City)
Municipal: London
Address: Queen Victoria Street, EC4V VBJ, London
Website: http://www.stnickstalks.org/
Description nr.: 2031623.
Built by: Henry Speechly & Sons (1881)
Destroyed (1940)
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ: Double Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Hohl Flute 8', Claribel Flute 8', Octave 4', Flute Harmonic 4', Fifteenth 2', Tromba 8'.
Choir Organ (enclosed): Salicional 8', Dulciana 8', Lieblich Gedact 8', Gemshorn 4', Wald Flute 4', Piccolo Harmonic 2'.
Separated Swell Box: Clarinet 8', Orchestral Oboe 8'.
Swell Organ (enclosed): Double Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Viol d'Amour 8', Principal 4', Flageolet 2', Mixture 3 ranks (15.19.22), Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ: Open Diapason 16', Violone 16'.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Great Superoctave, Choir to Great Suboctave.
Accessories: 3 composition pedals to Great, 3 composition pedals to Swell.
Photo: Piet Bron
London, United Kingdom (Greater London) - Church of Saint Nicholas Cole Abbey (City)
Municipal: London
Address: Queen Victoria Street, EC4V VBJ, London
Website: http://www.stnickstalks.org/
Description nr.: 2031623.
Built by: Henry Speechly & Sons (1881)
Destroyed (1940)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1881 | Henry Speechly & Sons | new organ | 1890 | Henry Speechly & Sons | enlargement | 1931 | Henry Speechly & Sons | enlargement |
- De kerk Saint Nicholas Cole Abbey in Londen werd in 1677 voltooid, en was een ontwerp van Christopher Wren. Het gebouw verving een oudere kerk die verloren was gegaan bij de stadsbrand van 1666. Er werd in 1824 een orgel geplaatst door Bunting. Dit was geen groot orgel, met acht stemmen, en het stond opgesteld aan de westzijde van de kerk. De firma Speechly leverde in 1881 een nieuw tweeklaviers orgel. George Martin verzorgde het ingebruiknameconcert. Het orgel is in 1890 werd uitgebreid met een Choir Organ met pneumatische tractuur door dezelfde firma. Dit werk stond opgesteld aan de zuidzijde van de kerk, los van de rest van het orgel. Het werd in 1931 opnieuw uitgebreid door Speechly, zodat het nu vier manualen had en 35 stemmen. In 1940 is het verloren gegaan door bombardementen.
- De vermelde dispositie is uit 1890.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 8 |
| - Choir Organ | 8 |
| - Swell Organ | 8 |
| - Pedal Organ | 2 |
| Total number of stops | 26 |
| Key action | Mechanical, Pneumatisch (Choir Organ) |
| Stop action | Mechanical, Pneumatisch (Choir Organ) |
| Windchest(s) | Cone chests |
Specification
Great Organ: Double Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Hohl Flute 8', Claribel Flute 8', Octave 4', Flute Harmonic 4', Fifteenth 2', Tromba 8'.
Choir Organ (enclosed): Salicional 8', Dulciana 8', Lieblich Gedact 8', Gemshorn 4', Wald Flute 4', Piccolo Harmonic 2'.
Separated Swell Box: Clarinet 8', Orchestral Oboe 8'.
Swell Organ (enclosed): Double Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Viol d'Amour 8', Principal 4', Flageolet 2', Mixture 3 ranks (15.19.22), Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ: Open Diapason 16', Violone 16'.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Great Superoctave, Choir to Great Suboctave.
Accessories: 3 composition pedals to Great, 3 composition pedals to Swell.
| Literature |
Notes on Old London City churches, their organs, organists, and musical associations / Charles William Pearce. - London : The Vincent Music Company Ltd., [1908]. |