The Chapel Organ
The Chapel Organ has its origins in an instrument by Forster and Andrews donated to the school in 1889 by the Headmaster, the Rev Charles Crowden, to replace a smaller organ of 1885 by Walker. It was enlarged by Bevington in 1896 and rebuilt by JW Walker in 1950. More recent additions by Wood Brown have seen the specification enhanced to enable the performance of a wider range of repertoire and the installation of a digital action.
| GREAT |
SWELL |
PEDAL |
| 16 Double Diapason |
8 Open Diapason |
32 Acoustic Bass |
| 8 Large Open Diapason |
8 Harmonic Flute |
16 Open Diapason |
| 8 Small Open Diapason |
8 Viola |
16 Violone |
| 8 Rohr Flute |
8 Voix Celeste |
16 Bourdon |
| 8 Dulciana |
4 Principal |
8 Principal |
| 4 Principal |
4 Viola |
8 Bass Flute |
| 4 Rohr Flute |
4 Harmonic Flute |
4 Fifteenth |
| 2 2/3 Twelfth |
2 2/3 Nazard |
4 Octave Flute |
| 2 Fifteenth |
2 Fifteenth |
16 Trombone |
| 1 1/3 Larigot |
III Mixture 22.26.29 |
16 Double Trumpet |
| III Mixture 19.22.26 |
8 Oboe Schalmei |
8 Trumpet |
| 8 Trompette |
16 Double Trumpet |
4 Schalmei |
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8 Trumpet |
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| Swell to Great |
4 Clarion |
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| Swell to Pedal |
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| Great to Pedal |
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| Swell Tremulant |
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| Great to Pedal Combs |
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| Trompette Solo on Swell |
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The Music School Organ
The Music School Organ was built as a chamber organ by Gerald Sweatman in 1989 incorporating pipework voiced by Denis Thurlow. It was donated to the College and installed in the Concert Room in 1998. Plans are in progress to enlarge the instrument and provide it with new casework when it becomes the focal point of the new concert hall in the forthcoming Birley Centre.
| MANUAL I |
MANUAL II |
PEDAL |
| 8 Spitzprinzipal |
8 Rohrflote |
8 Spitzprinzipal |
| 8 Gedeckt |
4 Spitzprinzipal |
8 Rohrflote |
| 4 Spitzprinzipal |
4 Gedeckt |
5 1/3 Quint |
| 4 Flote |
2 2/3 Nasat |
4 Spitzprinzipal |
| 2 Rohrflote |
2 Flote |
4 Flote |
| 1 1/3 Larigot |
1 3/5 Terz |
2 Spitzprinzipal |
| 1 Sifflote |
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1 1/3 Quint |
| 8 Holzregal |
Tremulant |
16 Holzregal |
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8 Holzregal |
As well as accompanying the CDs recorded by the chapel choir, both organs, played by David Force, feature on a commercial recording entitled Great Church Organs available from Pinnacle Records.