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Leicester, United Kingdom (Leicestershire) - Church of Saint John the Divine
Municipal: Leicester

Description nr.: 2054472.

Built by: Nicholson & Co. (1887)

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1887 Nicholson & Co.  new organ
1904 Stephen Taylor  maintenance/reparations
1912 Stephen Taylor  rebuild

Het orgel in de kerk van Saint John in Leicester is in 1887 gebouwd door de firma Nicholson. Stephen Taylor voerde in 1904 een revisie uit. In 1912 is het orgel door hem herbouwd met vier manualen en pedaal en electrische tracturen.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great Organ9
- Choir Organ5
- Swell Organ10
- Solo Organ7
- Pedal Organ8
Total number of stops39
Key actionElectrical
Stop actionElectrical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Great Organ (C-g'''): Open Double 16', Open Large 8', Open Small 8', Claribel 8', Octave 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Trumpet 8'.
Choir Organ (C-g'''): Gedact 8', Viola 8', Dolce 8', Flute 4', Clarinet 8'.
Swell Organ (C-g'''): Open Double 16', Open Large 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Viola 8', Vox Coelestis 8', Octave 4', Flute 4', Mixture 3 ranks, Horn 8', Hautboy 8'.
Solo Organ (C-g'''): Violon 16', Flute 8', Flute 4', Posaune 16', Oboe 8', Tuba 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Contra Violon 32', Open Diapason 16', Violon 16', Bourdon 16', Principal 8', Flute 8', Trombone 16', Tromba 8'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Great Suboctave, Swell to Great Octave, Swell to Choir, Solo to Great, Solo to Swell, Solo to Solo Octave, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Solo to Pedal.
Accessories: 5 thumb pistons to Great Organ, 2 thumb pistons to Choir 4', 4 thumb pistons to Swell 2', 3 thumb pistons to Solo 3', 6 composition pedals 6', 2expression pedals 2', Reversible piston for Great Organ / Pedal, 2 trigger Swell pedals 2'.

Other sources
  • Jean-Alain Ripoche