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Caversham, United Kingdom (Berkshire) - Baptist Free Church
Municipal: Reading
Address: 1 Prospect Street, Caversham, RG4 8JB, Reading-Caversham

Description nr.: 2078615.

Built by: C.H. Walker (1894)


In January 1894, C.H. Walker an organ at the Baptist Church in Caversham. It originally stood in the northeast corner of the church, but was moved to a more central location in 1898. The Oboe was installed a few years later. Over time a Fifteenth was placed, possibly instead of a Dulciana.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great Organ5
- Swell Organ5
- Pedal Organ1
Total number of stops11
Key actionMechanical
Stop actionMechanical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Great Organ (C-g'''): Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Flute 4' (TC), Fifteenth 2'.
Swell Organ (C-g'''): Open Diapason 8', Gedackt 8', Gamba 8', Principal 4', Oboe 8'.
Pedal Organ (C-e°): Bourdon 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
Accessories: 2 Composition Pedals to Great.

Literature The organ of Caversham Baptist Free Church / Philip Bowcock. - In: The Berkshire Organist, no. 46, 1993.