Church Organ - Christ Church - Coalville, Leicestershire
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N 52° 43.376 W 001° 22.029
30U E 610277 N 5842700
Church organ inside Christ Church, Coalville.
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Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/11/2017
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Church organ, Christ Church, Coalville.
"Builders
1868 J.W.Walker London
New organ, opened 5 February 1868
Cases
1868
'Neat deal stained and varnished case of Gothic design, with fine polished metal speaking pipes, ornamentally arranged in the front.'
Department and Stop list
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Pedal |
Key action Tr Stop action Me Compass-low C Compass-high c1 Keys 25 |
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Manual |
Key action Tr Stop action Me Compass-low C Compass-high g3 Keys 56 Enclosed |
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1 |
Bourdon Bass |
8 |
to b |
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2 |
Open Diapason |
8 |
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3 |
Dulciana |
8 |
from c |
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4 |
Stop Diapason Bass |
8 |
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5 |
Clarabella Flute Treble |
8 |
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6 |
Principal |
4 |
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7 |
Fifteenth |
2 |
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8 |
Mixture |
III |
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Accessories
3 composition pedals.
'Whole organ (except front pipes) enclosed in a general Venetian swell'.
'In the absence of the regular organist, there is a barrel with six tunes'.
Further information
Article with specification and report of opening in the Leicester Journal, (Vol. CXVI, No. 9250, p. 8b), 7 February 1868."
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"The small churchyard contains the grave of Amos Clarke, who, although blind from the age of eight days, was organist at Christ Church for some fifty years. Following his death in 1930, he was buried on the south side of the church as near to the organ as possible - at his own request."
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