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Clacton-on-Sea, United Kingdom (Essex) - Trinity Methodist Church
Municipal: Clacton-on-Sea
Address: Pier Avenue, Clacton-on-Sea
Description nr.: 2057972.
Built by: Walter Drechsler (1887)
Sold to Schwäbisch Hall (2013)
Short list of all locations the organ has been
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Large Open Diapason 8', Small Open Diapason 8', Rohr Flute 8', Viola 8', Principal 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 2 ranks.
Choir Organ (C-a'''): Lieblich Gedact 8', Dulciana 8', Flute Harmonic 4', Clarinette 8'.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Double Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Lieblich Gedact 8', Gamba 8', Voix Celeste 8', Principal 4', Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Octave Basse 8', Flute Basse 8'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Great Octave, Great Suboctave, Choir Octave, Choir Suboctave, Swell Suboctave.
Clacton-on-Sea, United Kingdom (Essex) - Trinity Methodist Church
Municipal: Clacton-on-Sea
Address: Pier Avenue, Clacton-on-Sea
Description nr.: 2057972.
Built by: Walter Drechsler (1887)
Sold to Schwäbisch Hall (2013)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1887 | Walter Drechsler | new organ | 1934 | Bedwell & Sons | transfer/relocate | 1988 | G. Wilkins | restoration and enlargement |
- In 1887-88 Walter Drechsler built an organ for All Saints' Church in Easton in Suffolk. It was officially put into use in June 1889. It was a three-manual organ with thirty stops. The organ was exchanged in 1934 with the organ of Trinity Methodist Church in Clacton-on-Sea. It was transferred by G.C. Bedwell & Son. The Clacton organ, built by Thomas Harrison in 1885, moved to Easton. The Drechsler organ was reduced in size when it was transferred, it only had 24 registers in Clacton. An overhaul was carried out by the Wilkins company in 1988.
- Because the organ was no longer used during church services, it was offered for sale in 2009. It was sold in 2013 to the parish of Sankta Maria in Schwäbisch Hall-Hellental. It has been installed here in largely modified way.
Short list of all locations the organ has been
| 1887 | Easton (Suffolk) | All Saints' Church |
| 1934 | Clacton-on-Sea | Trinity Methodist Church |
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 7 |
| - Choir Organ | 4 |
| - Swell Organ | 8 |
| - Pedal Organ | 4 |
| Total number of stops | 23 |
| Key action | Electrical |
| Stop action | Electrical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Large Open Diapason 8', Small Open Diapason 8', Rohr Flute 8', Viola 8', Principal 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 2 ranks.
Choir Organ (C-a'''): Lieblich Gedact 8', Dulciana 8', Flute Harmonic 4', Clarinette 8'.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Double Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Lieblich Gedact 8', Gamba 8', Voix Celeste 8', Principal 4', Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Octave Basse 8', Flute Basse 8'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Great Octave, Great Suboctave, Choir Octave, Choir Suboctave, Swell Suboctave.