The Organ Specification
Great Organ (10 stops) | |||||
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Double Open Diapason | 16' | 2019 + | 61 pipes | ||
Open Diapason I | 8' | 2019 | 61 pipes | ||
Open Diapason II | 8' | 2019 | 61 pipes | ||
Wald Flute | 8' | 1893 | 61 pipes | ||
Principal | 4' | 2019 | 61 pipes | ||
Harmonic Flute | 4' | 1893 | 61 pipes | ||
Twelfth | 2⅖' | 2019 | 61 pipes | ||
Fifteenth | 2' | 2019 | 61 pipes | ||
Mixture IV | 1⅓' | 2019 | 244 pipes | ||
Trumpet | 8' | 1994 | 61 pipes | ||
Swell Organ (Enclosed, 14 stops) | |||||
Bourdon | 16' | 1860/93 | 61 pipes | ||
Open Diapason | 8' | 1860/93 | 61 pipes | ||
Stopped Diapason | 8' | 1860/93 | 61 pipes | ||
Viola da Gamba | 8' | 1879 | 61 pipes | ||
Voix Celeste | 8' | 1893 | 49 pipes | From tenor C. | |
Principal | 4' | 1879 | 61 pipes | ||
Flute | 4' | 1879 | 61 pipes | ||
Fifteenth | 2' | 1879 | 61 pipes | ||
Mixture III-IV | 1⅓' | 2019 | 232 pipes | Three ranks in the bottom octave; otherwise four. | |
Oboe | 8' | 1893 | 61 pipes | ||
Vox Humana | 8' | 1893 | 61 pipes | ||
Contra Fagotto | 16' | 1860/93 | 61 pipes | ||
Trumpet | 8' | 1893 | 61 pipes | ||
Clarion | 4' | 1893 | 61 pipes | ||
Choir Organ (Enclosed, 10 stops) | |||||
Violin Diapason | 8' | 1893 | 61 pipes | ||
Liebich Gedackt | 8' | 1860/93 | 61 pipes | ||
Dulciana | 8' | 1893 | 61 pipes | ||
Vox Angelica | 8' | 1953 | 49 pipes | From tenor C. | |
Flute | 4' | 1840 (marked “Exeter Hall”) | 61 pipes | ||
Nazard | 2⅔' | 2019 | 61 pipes | ||
Piccolo | 2' | 2019 | 61 pipes | ||
Tierce | 1⅗' | 2019 | 61 pipes | ||
Orchestral Oboe | 8' | 1893 | 61 pipes | ||
Clarinet | 8' | 1893 | 61 pipes | ||
(Unenclosed, 1 stop) | |||||
Tromba | 8' | 1954 | 61 pipes | ||
Pedal (15 stops) | |||||
Acoustic Bass | 32' | 1893 | Derived from Open Wood 16' and Bourdon 16' | ||
Open Wood | 16' | 1893 | 32 pipes | ||
Violone | 16' | 2019 + | Borrowed from Great Double Diapason 16' | ||
Bourdon | 16' | 1893 | 32 pipes | ||
Echo Bourdon | 16' | 1860/93 | Borrowed from Swell Bourdon 16' | ||
Dulciana | 16' | bass 1954, others 2019 | 32 pipes | ||
Principal | 8' | 1879 | 32 pipes | ||
Octave Wood | 8' | 1893 | 12 pipes | Extension of Open Wood 16' | |
Bass Flute | 8' | 1893 | 12 pipes | Extension of Bourdon 16' | |
Fifteenth | 4' | 1879 | 12 pipes | Extension of Principal 8' | |
Octave Flute | 4' | 1954 | 12 pipes | Extension of Bourdon 16' & Bass Flute 8' | |
Contra Trombone | 32' | 2019 + | 12 pipes | Extension of Pedal Trombone 16' | |
Trombone | 16' | 1954 | 12 pipes | Extension of Choir Tromba 8' | |
Tromba | 8' | 1954 | Borrowed from Choir Tromba 8' | ||
Tromba | 4' | 1954 | Borrowed from Choir Tromba 8' |
Cymbelstern (A ‘toy’ stop consisting of a ring of six small bells
and a rotating device that strikes them in turn)
Tremulants to Swell and Choir
Usual couplers
Octave, Sub-octave, Unison off to Swell and Choir
Swell reeds on Pedal transfer
Eight pistons to each division and eight general pistons,
with multiple memory levels and stepper
Reversible pistons to usual couplers, 32’ reed, Cymbelstern
Key to dates
1860, 1879, 1893, 1954 = year pipes introduced to Abbey organ by
J.W. Walker (& Sons).
1860/93 = 19th century pipework, exact date unknown.
1840 = installation date of original Walker organ in Exeter Hall,
Strand, London.
1994 = Great Trumpet by Principal Pipe Organs, revoiced by Mander.
2019 = new pipes by Mander, replacing nearest pre-rebuild equivalent.
2019 + = new additional pipes by Mander.