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Horsham, United Kingdom (West Sussex) - Christ's Hospital School, Big School (Assembly Hall)
Municipal: Horsham
Address: The Avenue, RH13 0LJ, Horsham
Website: https://www.christs-hospital.org.uk/
Description nr.: 2078637.
Built by: William Hill & Sons (1902)
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Double Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason I 8', Open Diapason II 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Octave 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks (17.19.22), Posaune 8', Clarion 4'.
Choir Organ (C-a'''): Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Dulciana 8', Octave 4', Stopped Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Clarinet 8'.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Salicional 8', Voix Celeste 8', Octave 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks (17.19.22), Double Trumpet 16', Oboe 8', Horn 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Violone 16', Octave 8', Violone 8', Fifteenth 4', Trombone 16'.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Choir Octave, Swell Octave.
Accessories: 4 Combination Pistons to Great, 4 Combination Pistons to Swell, 4 Combination Pedals to Swell, 4 Combination Pedals to Pedal.
Horsham, United Kingdom (West Sussex) - Christ's Hospital School, Big School (Assembly Hall)
Municipal: Horsham
Address: The Avenue, RH13 0LJ, Horsham
Website: https://www.christs-hospital.org.uk/
Description nr.: 2078637.
Built by: William Hill & Sons (1902)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1670 | Ralph Dallam | new organ | 1830 | Elliot & Hill | new organ | 1859 | William Hill & Sons | maintenance/reparations | 1902 | William Hill & Sons | new organ |
- The 'Big School', the Assembly Hall of Christ's Hospital School in Horsham, contains a three-manual organ, built in 1902 by William Hill & Sons for the new school building. During its construction, a lot of material was taken from the organ that stood in the Dining Hall in the old school building on Newgate Street in London. It goes back to an instrument by Ralph Dallam from 1672-1673. Over time it was repaired and modified by Renatus Harris, Abraham Jordan and John Byfield, among others. After the construction of a new Dining Hall in 1825-1829, the organ was rebuilt by Elliot & Hill. Advisor on these activities was Thomas Attwood, organist of Saint Paul's Cathedral. The organ was built in 1830, and partly contained pipework from the old instrument. It was a three-manual organ with 31 registers.
- In 1859 the organ was overhauled and expanded by Hill & Sons. The new organ was built with partly this material, but mainly new material.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 10 |
| - Choir Organ | 7 |
| - Swell Organ | 12 |
| - Pedal Organ | 7 |
| Total number of stops | 36 |
| Key action | Pneumatic |
| Stop action | Pneumatic |
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Double Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason I 8', Open Diapason II 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Octave 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks (17.19.22), Posaune 8', Clarion 4'.
Choir Organ (C-a'''): Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Dulciana 8', Octave 4', Stopped Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Clarinet 8'.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Salicional 8', Voix Celeste 8', Octave 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks (17.19.22), Double Trumpet 16', Oboe 8', Horn 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Violone 16', Octave 8', Violone 8', Fifteenth 4', Trombone 16'.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Choir Octave, Swell Octave.
Accessories: 4 Combination Pistons to Great, 4 Combination Pistons to Swell, 4 Combination Pedals to Swell, 4 Combination Pedals to Pedal.
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