Church Organ - St Eata - Atcham, Shropshire
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N 52° 40.716 W 002° 40.829
30U E 521601 N 5836565
Church organ in St Eata's church, Atcham.
Waymark Code: WM10TN5
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/23/2019
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Church organ in St Eata's church, Atcham.
"Builders
1858 G. M. Holdich London
Organ reputedly by Father Smith installed in the gallery here with additional
pipework by Holdich; cost £123;
1896 Nicholson & Co Worcester
Restored, (presumably Nicholson also undertook its reconstruction and
enlargement recorded in the Church Guide the following year -Ed);
1961 Hawkins & Co
Overhauled;
1976 Unknown
Church Guide states that 3 ranks of pipes (112 pipes) added at this date;
(not clear which - Ed);
Cases
Position North West nave Type Architectural
10 wooden pipes, 3-7-3 painted diapasons
Pieces of dark oak (also gilded cherub on choir screen) could be by Smith!
Church Guide states: "in the casework is carved St. Eata - Laudate Dominum; the
figures and faces are unrecorded; two angels with shields flank the cornice
above these figures and surmounting the whole, towering into the roof space,
are three more figures of angels";
Department and Stop list
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Pedal |
Key action TP 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 |
Dulciana |
8 |
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4 |
Clarabella |
8 |
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5 |
Principal |
4 |
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6 |
Twelfth |
2 2/3 |
BBE shows Harmonic Flute 4' |
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7 |
Fifteenth |
2 |
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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 |
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9 |
Salicional |
8 |
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10 |
Lieblich Gedact |
8 |
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11 |
Voix Celeste |
8 |
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12 |
Wald Flute |
4 |
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13 |
Oboe |
8 |
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Console
Stop type drawstop Label font block Pedalboard parallel concave
Folding cover;
Couplers
Swell to Pedal
Swell to Great
Swell suboctave
Great to Pedal
Details
Blowing electric
Accessories
lever swell pedal; 3 composition pedals Great, 3 Swell;
Further information
Church Guide leaflet has: "In Eddowe's Shrewsbury of 13 January 1858 there is an
account of the opening of the organ: "the want of such an accessory to the due
performance of divine worship has long been felt.....a very beautiful instrument
having a sweet and powerful tone, was purchased at a cost, after some
careful alterations, of £123"; also the Post Office Directory for Shropshire
for 1870 records "in the gallery there is a fine-toned organ built by Father
Schmidt"; FJ"
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