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Reading, United Kingdom (Berkshire) - Greyfriars Church
Municipal: Reading
Address: Friar Street, RG1 1EH, Reading
Website: https://greyfriars.org.uk/
Description nr.: 2075530.
Built by: John Compton Organ Company (1939)
The organ contains older material: Facade from 1894 by Alfred Monk
The Bevington firm built an organ for Greyfriars Church in Reading in the mid-nineteenth century. After some expansions, in 1883 it had thirty registers on two manuals and pedal. In 1894 it was converted by Alfred Monk into a three-manual organ with 28 registers. It was moved from the rear of the nave to the north transept, and was given a new front. The organ was demolished in 1939, and a new organ was installed by Compton behind the front from 1894. It is a unit organ with nine stem registers (Diapason I, Diapason II, Stopped Diapason, Dulciana and Trumpet for Great, and Flute, Strings, Oboe and two Reeds for Swell).
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason No. 1 8', Open Diapason No. 2 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Dulciana 8', Principal 4', Gedact Flute 4', Dulcet 4', Quinte 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Tromba 8'.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Viola 16', Viola 8', Harmonic Flute 8', Dulciana 8', Vox Angelica 8', Viola 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Viola 2', Viola Mixture 3 ranks, Trumpet 16', Fagotto 16', Trumpet 8', Hautboy 8', Trumpet 4', Tremulant.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Dulciana 16', Viola 16', Stopped Diapason 16', Dulciana 8', Viola 8', Harmonic Flute 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Open Diapason 8', Dulciana 4', Stopped Diapason 4', Dulciana 2 2/3', Dulciana 2', Stopped Diapason 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Acuta 2 ranks, Trumpet 8', Hautboy 8', Tromba 8', Vox Angelica 8', Trumpet 4', Tromba 4', Vox Angelica 4', Tremulant, Kalophone 8' - synthetic, Krummhorn 8' - synthetic.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Bourdon 32', Open Diapason 16', Dulciana 16', Bourdon 16', Principal 8', Dulciana 8', Bourdon 8', Bourdon 4', Diapason Mixture 4 ranks, Trombone 16', Hautboy 16', Trumpet 8'.
Reading, United Kingdom (Berkshire) - Greyfriars Church
Municipal: Reading
Address: Friar Street, RG1 1EH, Reading
Website: https://greyfriars.org.uk/
Description nr.: 2075530.
Built by: John Compton Organ Company (1939)
The organ contains older material: Facade from 1894 by Alfred Monk
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | ca. 1850 | Bevington & Sons | new organ | 1894 | Alfred Monk | reconstruction | 1939 | John Compton Organ Company | new organ in old case |
The Bevington firm built an organ for Greyfriars Church in Reading in the mid-nineteenth century. After some expansions, in 1883 it had thirty registers on two manuals and pedal. In 1894 it was converted by Alfred Monk into a three-manual organ with 28 registers. It was moved from the rear of the nave to the north transept, and was given a new front. The organ was demolished in 1939, and a new organ was installed by Compton behind the front from 1894. It is a unit organ with nine stem registers (Diapason I, Diapason II, Stopped Diapason, Dulciana and Trumpet for Great, and Flute, Strings, Oboe and two Reeds for Swell).
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 12 |
| - Swell Organ | 14 |
| - Choir Organ | 24 |
| - Pedal Organ | 12 |
| Total number of stops | 62 (9) |
| Key action | Electrical |
| Stop action | Electrical |
| Windchest(s) | Multiplex chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason No. 1 8', Open Diapason No. 2 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Dulciana 8', Principal 4', Gedact Flute 4', Dulcet 4', Quinte 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Tromba 8'.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Viola 16', Viola 8', Harmonic Flute 8', Dulciana 8', Vox Angelica 8', Viola 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Viola 2', Viola Mixture 3 ranks, Trumpet 16', Fagotto 16', Trumpet 8', Hautboy 8', Trumpet 4', Tremulant.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Dulciana 16', Viola 16', Stopped Diapason 16', Dulciana 8', Viola 8', Harmonic Flute 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Open Diapason 8', Dulciana 4', Stopped Diapason 4', Dulciana 2 2/3', Dulciana 2', Stopped Diapason 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Acuta 2 ranks, Trumpet 8', Hautboy 8', Tromba 8', Vox Angelica 8', Trumpet 4', Tromba 4', Vox Angelica 4', Tremulant, Kalophone 8' - synthetic, Krummhorn 8' - synthetic.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Bourdon 32', Open Diapason 16', Dulciana 16', Bourdon 16', Principal 8', Dulciana 8', Bourdon 8', Bourdon 4', Diapason Mixture 4 ranks, Trombone 16', Hautboy 16', Trumpet 8'.
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