Church Organ - St Luke - Tixover, Rutland
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Church organ in St Luke's church, Tixover.
There is no electricity at St Luke’s: the organ must be ‘pedalled’ to make the bellows go.
Waymark Code: WMVQ9D
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/17/2017
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Church organ in St Luke's church, Tixover.
There is no electricity at St Luke’s: the organ must be ‘pedalled’ to make the bellows go, but there is nothing so magical as a Christmas Carol or a Candlemas service here, when over 100 candles illuminate the ancient space.
"Builders
Undated Casson London
1-manual, 16.8.8.8;
Cases
Position North West Nave Type Architectural
well maintained dark stained wood in typical Casson pseudo classical style with an elaborate diagonal pipe shade descending left to right across plain metal display pipes in chromatic order;
Department and Stop list
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manual |
Key action Stop action Compass-low F Compass-high f3 Keys 49 Enclosed |
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1 |
Double Bass |
16 |
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2 |
Melodic Viol |
8 |
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3 |
Viol d'Orchestra |
8 |
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4 |
Salicional |
8 |
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5 |
Suabe Flute |
8 |
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Console
Console type Attached Stop type Drawstop Label type Ivory inserts Label font Sans serif
stops above manual; candle holders in place;
Couplers
Octave Coupler
Details
Blowing Foot / hand
Accessories
knee expression lever;"
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