Church Organ - St John the Divine - Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire
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N 52° 53.542 W 000° 57.675
30U E 637153 N 5862244
Church organ in the church of St John the Divine, Colston Bassett.
Waymark Code: WMW3RY
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/06/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Team GPSaxophone
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"Builders

1908           Norman & Beard Ltd

Cases

          
Position  South choir loft, console below  Type  Architectural

Department and Stop list

Pedal Key action TP  Stop action TP  Compass-low C  Compass-high f1  Keys 30
             1 Bourdon 16  
             2 Bass Flute 8  
 
Great Key action TP  Stop action TP  Compass-low C  Compass-high a3  Keys 58
             3 Open Diapason 8  
             4 Claribel Flute 8  
             5 Dulciana 8  
             6 Principal 4  
             7 Harmonic Flute 4  
 
Swell Key action TP  Stop action TP  Compass-low C  Compass-high a3  Keys 58 Enclosed
             8 Open Diapason 8  
             9 Rohr Flute 8  
             10 Echo Gamba 8  
             11 Voix Celeste 8 TC
             12 Gemshorn 4  
             13 Cor Oboe 8  
             14 Tremulant    

Console

Pedalboard  concave radiating  

The control is by small black tilting tablets over the keys,
on the upper part of which is a large ivory disc with the name
on it; on the lower part a small disc with pitch marked.


Couplers

Swell to Pedal

Swell to Great

Swell octave

Great to Pedal

Accessories

2 composition pedals Great, 2 Swell

Further information

The stop control is a near relative of the disc-and-button style adopted
occasionally by N&B - eg Saffron Walden, Emmanuel College, Cambridge,
Banbury (this one by H,N&B)."

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