Church Organ - St Agnes - Cawston, Norfolk
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Church organ in St Agnes' church, Cawston.
Waymark Code: WMQQRR
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/20/2016
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Church organ in St Agnes' church, Cawston
Builders
1870 Mack Yarmouth
G.P. England organ installed here from St. Stephen, Norwich (R00521) and
restored;
see see N06186 for earlier organ;
1899 Norman & Beard
repairs, £17; Order Book 5, p.170, job 2809 (small);
1933 Arthur Shaw
1984 E&W Storr
restored Great organ; disconnected Swell and Pedal but windchests and
pipes left in situ;
2008 Richard Bower
Organ restored & relocated in South Transept on a new wooden plinth;
Cases
Position North chancel
Victorian Gothic oak facade applied to an earlier pine case still in place(DaB)
Department and Stop list
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Pedal |
Key action Tr Stop action Me Compass-low C Compass-high f1 Keys 30 |
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1 |
Bourdon |
16 |
1 1/2 octaves, 18 notes |
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Great |
Key action Tr Stop action Me Compass-low C Compass-high f3 Keys 54 |
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2 |
Open Diapason |
8 |
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3 |
Stop Diapason |
8 |
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4 |
Principal |
4 |
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5 |
Flute |
4 |
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6 |
Twelfth |
2 2/3 |
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7 |
Fifteenth |
2 |
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8 |
Sesquialtera |
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17.19.22, |
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Swell |
Key action Tr Stop action Me Compass-low C Compass-high f3 Keys 54 Enclosed |
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9 |
Stop Bass |
8 |
c-f# 19 notes from Ped. |
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10 |
Open Diapason |
8 |
g-f3 |
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11 |
Stop Diapason |
8 |
g-f3 |
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12 |
Principal |
4 |
g-f3 |
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13 |
Hautboy |
8 |
g-f3 |
Console
Pedalboard radiating concave
square stop shanks; Swell TG Bass permanently coupled to Great.
Couplers
Swell Coupler
Pedal Coupler
Details
Blowing electric & hand
Accessories
2 composition pedals to Great
Ratchet Swell pedal
Further information
The Organ No. 220;
Norfolk Chronicle (or Mercury) 19 February 1870;
2002 - only Great Department functioning; complete restoration planned;
2008 - organ removed presumably for restoration; new wooden plinth in
situ in South Transept looks ready to receive it;
32 note pedalboard stored at back of organ (DaB);
Choir & Organ Sept/Oct 2009 p.45-47
organ retains "Nags Head" swell box;
Sesquialtera composition:-
C-g2 17.19.22
g#2 - c3 15.17.19
c#3-f3 12.15.17
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