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Photo: Piet Bron. Date: 29 June 2019.

Photo: Piet Bron

Colchester, United Kingdom (Essex) - Castle Methodist Church
Municipal: Colchester
Address: Maidenburgh Street, CO1 1TT, Colchester
Website: http://www.castlemethodistchurch.org.uk/

Description nr.: 2061998.

Built by: Henry Speechly & Sons (1928)

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1928 Henry Speechly & Sons  new organ
1971 Williamson & Hyatt Arnold  transfer/relocate

De Castle Methodist Church in Colchester is in 1970 gebouwd. De firma Arnold, Williamson & Hyatt herbouwde het oude orgel uit de voormalige Wesleyan Methodist Church aan Culver Street in 1971 in de nieuwe kerk. Dit orgel werd in 1928 gebouwd door de firma Speechly & Sons. Dit orgel werd in dat jaar herbouwd na een brand, en werd in eerste instantie in 1900 gebouwd.

Short list of all locations the organ has been
1928ColchesterWesleyan Methodist Church
1971ColchesterCastle Methodist Church

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great Organ6
- Swell Organ8
- Pedal Organ4
Total number of stops18
Key actionElectropneumatic
Stop actionElectropneumatic
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Great Organ (C-g'''): Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Twelfth 2', Open Flute 2', Mixture 2 ranks (19.22).
Swell Organ (C-g'''): Lieblich Gedact 8', Salicional 8', Gemshorn 4', Lieblich Flute 4', Flageolet 2', Larigot 1', Krummhorn 8', Cornopean 8', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Sub Bass 16', Principal 8', Bass Flute 8', Fifteenth 4'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.