Church Organ - St Martin - Exeter, Devon
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N 50° 43.406 W 003° 31.801
30U E 462588 N 5619204
Church organ in St Martin's church, Exeter.
Waymark Code: WM15XH1
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/17/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Team GPSaxophone
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Church organ in St Martin's church, Exeter.

"Builders

c1890          Le Marchant  Torquay

Cases

          
Position  West gallery  Type   Ebonised chamber-organ type case

Department and Stop list

Pedal Key action Tr  Stop action Me  Compass-low C  Compass-high e1  Keys 29
             1 Pedal Pipes 16  
 
Choir Key action Tr  Stop action Me  Compass-low C  Compass-high g3  Keys 56
             2 Open Diapason 8  
             3 Dulciana 8  
             4 Flute harmonique 4  
 
Swell Key action Tr  Stop action Me  Compass-low C  Compass-high g3  Keys 56 Enclosed
             5 Clarabell 8  
             6 Gamba 8  

Console

Console type  Attached   Stop type  Drawstop   Pedalboard  Flat  


Couplers

Swell to Choir

Choir to Pedal"

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The organ in the gallery is probably the one listed in an inventory of 1842 as a ‘finger organ’ at a time when many churches still had barrel organs.

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