Church Organ - St Mary - Over, Cambridgeshire
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member SMacB
N 52° 19.079 E 000° 00.734
31U E 296368 N 5800610
A church organ in St Mary's church, Over.
Waymark Code: WM10KNK
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/23/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Team GPSaxophone
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A church organ in St Mary's church, Over.

"Builders

pre-1856       Unknown

there was an organ under the W tower arch.

1856           Holdich ?

reputed to have been built by Holdich; the evidence for this came
from William Johnson, whose father maintained the instrument from c1940;
he had the Holdich work books which were lost when E.J. Johnson & Son
moved premises;

1904           Miller  Cambridge

5 stops added (had charge of the organ for 60 years); cost £90 (Gamba 8',
Aeoline 8', Flute 4', Clarinet 8', Clarion 4');

1932           Miller  Cambridge

new pedalboard

1946           William Johnson

new blower and concave radiating pedalboard;

Department and Stop list

Pedal Key action Tr  Stop action Me  Compass-low C  Compass-high f1  Keys 30
             1 Pedal Pipes 16 CD Open Diapason
 
Great Key action Tr  Stop action Me  Compass-low C  Compass-high f3  Keys 54
             2 Open Diapason 8  
             3 Stop Diapason Bass 8  
             4 Stop Diapason Treble 8  
             5 Gamba 8 TC
             6 Aeoline 8 TC
             7 Principal 4  
             8 Flute 4  
             9 Fifteenth 2  
             10 Sexquialtra III sic, 17.19.22
             11 Clarinet 8 TC
 
Swell Key action Tr  Stop action Me  Compass-low C  Compass-high f3  Keys 54 Enclosed
             12 Double Diapason 16  
             13 Open Diapason 8  
             14 Stopped Diapason Bass 8  
             15 Stopped Diapason Treble 8  
             16 Dulciana 8 TC
             17 Principal 4  
             18 Twelfth 2 2/3  
             19 Fifteenth 2  
             20 Hautboy 8 CD Oboe
             21 Clarion 4  

Console

Label type  copperplate   Pedalboard  concave radiating  

Couplers

Swell to Pedal

Swell to Great

Great to Pedal

Details

Blowing Electric  

Accessories

2, 3 composition pedals"

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