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Reading, United Kingdom (Berkshire) - Royal Berkshire Hospital, Chapel
Municipal: Reading
Address: London Road, RG1 5AN, Reading
Website: https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/
Description nr.: 2075719.
Built by: Norman & Beard Hill (1965)
A harmonium was in use for a long time in the chapel of the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading. This was replaced after 1950 by a second-hand Hammond organ. Because this instrument was not sufficient, under the advice of the organist of the chapel, Mr. R.C. Waters installed a pipe organ. It was built by Hill, Norman & Beard.
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Open Diapason 8' - C-Fis from Stopped Diapason, Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Chimney Flute 4' - C-b° extension.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Spitz Flute 8', Salicional 8', Gemshorn 4' - C-b° extension, Nazard 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2' - C-b° extension.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Bourdon 16' - extension from Great, Bass Flute 8' - from Great.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell Octave.
Accessories: 3 Thumb Pistons for Great and Pedal, 3 Thumb Pistons for Swell, Crescendo Pedal.
Reading, United Kingdom (Berkshire) - Royal Berkshire Hospital, Chapel
Municipal: Reading
Address: London Road, RG1 5AN, Reading
Website: https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/
Description nr.: 2075719.
Built by: Norman & Beard Hill (1965)
A harmonium was in use for a long time in the chapel of the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading. This was replaced after 1950 by a second-hand Hammond organ. Because this instrument was not sufficient, under the advice of the organist of the chapel, Mr. R.C. Waters installed a pipe organ. It was built by Hill, Norman & Beard.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 4 |
| - Swell Organ | 5 |
| - Pedal Organ | 2 (1) |
| Total number of stops | 11 (10) |
| Key action | Electro-Magnetic |
| Stop action | Electro-Magnetic |
| Windchest(s) | Sliderless chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Open Diapason 8' - C-Fis from Stopped Diapason, Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Chimney Flute 4' - C-b° extension.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Spitz Flute 8', Salicional 8', Gemshorn 4' - C-b° extension, Nazard 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2' - C-b° extension.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Bourdon 16' - extension from Great, Bass Flute 8' - from Great.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell Octave.
Accessories: 3 Thumb Pistons for Great and Pedal, 3 Thumb Pistons for Swell, Crescendo Pedal.
| Literature |
The new organ in the Chapel of the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading / R.C. Waters. - In: The Berkshire Organist, No. 19, 1966. |