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Photo: Piet Bron. Date: 10 July 2018.

Photo: Piet Bron

Bourton-on-the-Water, United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) - Church of Saint Lawrence
Municipal: Bourton-on-the-Water
Region:Cotswolds
Address: Lansdowne, GL54 2AP, Bourton-on-the-Water

Description nr.: 2059737.

Built by: J.W. Walker & Sons (1948)
The organ contains older material: Pipes from 1881 by Martin & Coate

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1948 J.W. Walker & Sons  new organ
2010 Keith Jones  restoration

In 1881 bouwde de firma Martin & Coate een nieuw orgel voor de parochiekerk Saint Lawrence in Bourton-on-the-Water. Het was een tweeklaviers orgel met twaalf registers. Dit instrument werd in 1947 afgebroken, waarna de firma Walker & Sons een groot drieklaviers orgel bouwde, met daarin veel van het bestaande pijpwerk. Het orgel is gebouwd met veel unit-registers. In 2010 voerde Keith Jones een restauratie uit nadat het orgel waterschade had opgelopen.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great Organ11 (7)
- Choir Organ8 (3)
- Swell Organ8 (7)
- Pedal Organ8 (1)
Total number of stops35 (18)
Key actionElectropneumatic
Stop actionElectropneumatic
Windchest(s)Unitlade

Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Contra Flute 16', Open Diapason 8', Wald Flute 8' - extension, Lieblich Gedact 8' - enclosed in Choir, Salicional 8' - enclosed in Choir, Principal 4' - extension, Octave Flute 4' - extension, Lieblich Flute 4' - enclosed in Choir, Twelfth 2 2/3' - extension, enclosed in Choir, Fifteenth 2' - enclosed in Choir, Tromba 8'.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Contra Salicional 16', Lieblich Gedact 8', Salicional 8' - extension, Lieblich Flute 4' - extension, Salicet 4' - extension, Nazard 2 2/3' - extension, Flautino 2' - extension, Tromba 8', Tremulant.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Open Diapason 8', Rohr Flute 8', Viola da Gamba 8', Voix Celeste 8' (TC), Geigen Octave 4', Fagotto 16', Trumpet 8', Oboe 8' - extension, Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Acoustic Bass 32' - extension, Bourdon 16', Salicional 16' - from Chor, Bass Flute 8' - extension, Salicet 8' - from Choir, Wald Flute 8' - from Great, Octave Flute 4' - from Great, Fagotto 16' - from Swell.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell Octave, Swell Suboctave.

Links http://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=N05670