Church Organ - St Michael Without - Bath, Somerset
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N 51° 23.022 W 002° 21.585
30U E 544554 N 5692690
Church organ in St Michael Without, Broad Street, Bath, Somerset.
Waymark Code: WMWMZ9
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/19/2017
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Church organ inside SS Michael & Paul church, Broad Street, Bath.
"Builders
1783 Green
First mentioned; £9 p.a. for organist;
organ appears in Hugh Owen's list dated 1788; Bath Chronicle 17/4/1788
records "..defray the expense of the recent new organ";
1847 Wm. Sweetland Bath
21+6; (1849 given as date by Sperling);
1858 J. Clark Bath
organ said to have been moved from here to the Penitentiary Chapel,
Bath (D06821);
1897 Wm. Sweetland Bath
1900 Wm. Sweetland Bath
rebuilt; ?Moved to West gallery under tower; brass nameplate on Great keyslip;
2007 Stephen Cook Westbury
console moved to East end of North aisle; New electric action (was TP);
piston system introduced;
Cases
c1840
Position South East nave loft Type Architectural
North front of 3-8-5-8-3; churchwarden "Gothic" case;
bracketed out from the South wall of the South aisle - easternmost bay;
wood work neutral green and gilt to pipes, leaf lips (drawing AF.9);
2007 - woodwork painted off-white;
Department and Stop list
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Pedal |
Key action El Stop action El Compass-low C Compass-high f1 Keys 30 |
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1 |
Open Diapason |
16 |
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2 |
Bourdon |
16 |
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Great |
Key action El Stop action El Compass-low C Compass-high a3 Keys 58 |
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3 |
Large Open Diapason |
8 |
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4 |
Small Open Diapason |
8 |
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5 |
Stop Diapason |
8 |
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6 |
Dulciana |
8 |
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7 |
Gamba |
8 |
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8 |
Principal |
4 |
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9 |
Harmonic Flute |
4 |
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10 |
Twelfth |
2 2/3 |
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11 |
Fifteenth |
2 |
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12 |
Clarinet |
8 |
TC |
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Swell |
Key action El Stop action El Compass-low C Compass-high a3 Keys 58 Enclosed |
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13 |
Open Diapason |
8 |
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14 |
Lieblich Gedact |
8 |
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15 |
Salicional |
8 |
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16 |
Voix Celeste |
8 |
TC |
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17 |
Principal |
4 |
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18 |
Piccolo |
2 |
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19 |
Mixture |
III |
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20 |
Trumpet |
8 |
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21 |
Oboe |
8 |
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22 |
Tremulant |
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Console
Console type Detached Stop type Drawstop Label type Ivory Label font Gothic Pedalboard Radiating Concave
console in North aisle facing South; flat jambs;
couplers over Swell keys;
Couplers
Swell to Pedal
Swell to Great
Swell octave to Great
Swell suboctave to Great
Swell octave
Swell suboctave
Great to Pedal
Accessories
4 general combination pistons, general cancel piston
5 composition pedals to each manual
Reversible pedals to Gt-Ped, Sw-Ped, Sw-Gt
Balanced Swell pedal (was hitch down)"
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