Complete description of the selected organ
Reading, United Kingdom (Berkshire) - Church of Saint Laurence
Municipal: Reading
Address: 30-31 Friar Street, RG1 2DQ, Reading
Website: http://stlreading.org/
Description nr.: 2058066.
Built by: John Byfield (1741)
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-g'''): Double Diapason 16', Large Open Diapason 8', Small Open Diaposon 8', Clarabella 8', Stop Diapason 8', Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 2 ranks, Trumpet 8'.
Choir Organ (C-g'''): Hohl Flute 8', Vox Angelica 8', Lieblich Flute 4', Clarinet 8'.
Swell Organ (C-g'''): Contra Gamba 16', Violin Diapason 8', Gedackt 8', Echo Gamba 8', Voix Celeste 8', Gemshorn 4', Flauto 4', Mixture 3 ranks, Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Octave 8', Violoncello 8'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell Octave.
Accessories: 3 Combination Pedals to Great, 2 Combination Pedals to Choir, 3 Combination Pedals to Swell.
Reading, United Kingdom (Berkshire) - Church of Saint Laurence
Municipal: Reading
Address: 30-31 Friar Street, RG1 2DQ, Reading
Website: http://stlreading.org/
Description nr.: 2058066.
Built by: John Byfield (1741)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1741 | John Byfield | new organ | 1882 | August Gern | rebuild | 1889 | August Gern | transfer/relocate | 1903 | Hele & Co. | rebuild | 1946 | Hele & Co. | restoration |
- In 1741, John Byfield constructed a new organ for the church of Saint Laurence (or Lawrence) in Reading. The original location of the organ was on a gallery at the west side of the nave. The organ had three manuals with 19 stops (11 on Great, and 4 on Choir and Swell each). John Stanley played the inauguration concert. August Gern renewed the organ in 1882 and relocated it in 1889 to the screen above Saint John's Chapel. A new console was installed on the church floor behind the choir stalls.
- The company Hele & Co. rebuilt the organ in 1900-1903, and the specification was altered. The church was damaged by a bombing raid in 1943. The company Hele & Co. restored the organ after the war.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 10 |
| - Choir Organ | 4 |
| - Swell Organ | 10 |
| - Pedal Organ | 4 |
| Total number of stops | 28 |
| Key action | Pneumatic |
| Stop action | Pneumatic |
Specification
Great Organ (C-g'''): Double Diapason 16', Large Open Diapason 8', Small Open Diaposon 8', Clarabella 8', Stop Diapason 8', Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 2 ranks, Trumpet 8'.
Choir Organ (C-g'''): Hohl Flute 8', Vox Angelica 8', Lieblich Flute 4', Clarinet 8'.
Swell Organ (C-g'''): Contra Gamba 16', Violin Diapason 8', Gedackt 8', Echo Gamba 8', Voix Celeste 8', Gemshorn 4', Flauto 4', Mixture 3 ranks, Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Octave 8', Violoncello 8'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell Octave.
Accessories: 3 Combination Pedals to Great, 2 Combination Pedals to Choir, 3 Combination Pedals to Swell.
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