Church Organ - St Thomas - Melbury Abbas, Dorset
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N 50° 58.797 W 002° 10.152
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Church organ in St Thomas' church, Melbury Abbas.
Waymark Code: WMWNMP
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/23/2017
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Church organ in St Thomas' church, Melbury Abbas.
"Builders
1882 J. Clarke & Son Bath
Enlarged; i/c HNB
1989 Bishop & White Ferndoon
Restored
Cases
Position free standing in S transept Type Pipe Rack
11 OD pipes in centre front flanked by Bourdons, 5 each side
Stencilled decoration on both metal and wooden pipes.
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 |
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Great |
Key action Tr Stop action Me Compass-low C Compass-high g3 Keys 56 |
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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 |
Twelfth |
2 2/3 |
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6 |
Fifteenth |
2 |
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7 |
Sesquialtera |
II |
prepared for |
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Swell |
Key action Tr Stop action Me Compass-low C Compass-high g3 Keys 56 Enclosed |
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8 |
Open Diapason |
8 |
TC |
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9 |
Stop Diapason |
8 |
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10 |
Corcelena |
4 |
TC |
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11 |
Gemshorn |
4 |
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12 |
Oboe |
8 |
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Console
Stop type Knobs Label type ivory Label font plain block Pedalboard concave radiating
pitches not indicated; straight jambs, single lines, square oak shanks,
Keys newly covered with bone.
Couplers
Swell to Pedal
Swell to Great
Great to Pedal
Accessories
Trigger Swell pedal
Further information
The Organ, July 1978
Good bold organ with fine tone. Many signs of being based on
an earlier more modest instrument (e.g. TC stops on Swell)."
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"The South transept is occupied by the organ and the church "glory hole". The organ probably existed in the old church. It was rebuilt and enlarged at some unknown date and restored on a number of occasions, most recently in 1985. Mrs Henry Carver played during Henry's ministry and Arthur Henstridge (1899-1991) recalled that when he was a boy he pumped it by hand. William Young Foot, died in 1875, is recorded on a tablet."
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