Church Organ - St Mary Magdalene - Wardington, Oxfordshire
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N 52° 06.795 W 001° 17.045
30U E 617496 N 5775022
Church organ in St Mary Magdalene's church, Wardington.
Waymark Code: WM12CRD
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/30/2020
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Church organ in St Mary Magdalene's church, Wardington.
"Builders
Undated Wm. Allen Bristol
Cases
Position North Chancel chamber
Department and Stop list
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Pedal |
Key action Tr Stop action Me Compass-low C Compass-high c1 Keys 25 |
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1 |
Bourdon |
16 |
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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 |
Stopped Diapason Bass |
8 |
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4 |
Stopped Diapason Treble |
8 |
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5 |
Rohr Flute |
8 |
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6 |
Viol di Gamba |
8 |
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7 |
Octave |
4 |
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8 |
Flute Harmonique |
4 |
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9 |
Fifteenth |
2 |
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10 |
spare |
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Swell |
Key action Tr Stop action Me Compass-low C Compass-high f3 Keys 54 Enclosed |
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11 |
Open Diapason |
8 |
TC |
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12 |
Gemshorn |
8 |
TC, BBE 'spare' |
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13 |
Principal |
4 |
TC |
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14 |
Oboe |
8 |
TC, BBE 'spare' |
Console
Stop type Drawstop Pedalboard Straight and flat
Swell is of TC Compass, but full compass keyboard is in situ
Couplers
Swell to Great
Pedal Coupler Unison
Bourdon to Manual
Details
Blowing Electric
Accessories
Hitch Down Swell
Further information
report in Oxford Chronicle, 5/2/1887, that a faculty application to carry out work in the Parish Church had been granted 'apart from matters referring to the organ' ie a proposal to remove the organ from under the tower to a side chapel by the chancel;
2012 - Organ replaced by electronic, but part of the pipe organ survives to disguise loudspeakers;"
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"The date of the organ, positioned on the transept, to the left of the chancel screen, is not known; it does not carry a date. It was built by Allen of Bristol for another church. Allen was in operation between 1840 and 1883 and the firm of organ builders most recently responsible for its maintenance before its decommissioning considers that it might be of the 1870s. It was first restored during the curacy of the Reverend John Wilbur (1877-1913) who raised £2000 for that purpose. It was again overhauled in 1988 at a cost of about £4000. It was decommissioned in 2011 but left in place, with the speakers for a new electric organ made by Wyvern Organs placed in the middle of the pipes."
SOURCE - (Visit Link)
Happy birthday Colonel Tom.... :)