The Organ Rebuild

                               
                Front Elevation showing organ case and Gallery.

                    Specification


Design

The point of departure in the plans for the new instrument will be the case designed by Osmond Fisher, 1817-1913 (right) and the Bishop pipe work of the present organ at Harlton. Peter Bumstead’s specification and design will be based on other organs built by Bishop and Sir John Sutton, so that the final result may be seen simply as a further example of that particular school of influence; in other words, a development of what exists already - the kind of organ which might have been built at the time if they had been building a larger organ then - rather than anything radically different or more “modern”.

Layout

Internally the organ will assume the simple and logical layout of a classical English organ: the Great Organ will be accommodated at about impost level, with the Swell directly above it; both will be within the confines of the original case. The Choir will be behind the Great and at a slightly higher level, with the bellows beneath it. The largest pedal pipes will be accommodated at the back of the organ on the gallery floor; the smaller ones will be mounted on two new soundboards either side of the console, and also on the gallery floor.

 

Plan showing the platform for the new organ case extending
through the archway into the tower space behind

The original Fisher case will be restored to its former glory. It will be supported by a new lower case made from European oak which will house the re-built organ. This will match the original as closely as possible. The console, also of oak, has been designed by the organ builder, Peter Bumstead, to be stylistically appropriate to the case. The stops are to be arranged in a single column either side of the keyboards, with square drawstop rods and rosewood knobs of the pattern characteristic of J C Bishop’s work. The stop labels are to be of a synthetic material (in the absence of ivory) engraved in Roman lettering.

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Great Organ

1 Open Diapason 8

2 Stop’d Diapason 8

3 Principal 4

4 Twelfth 2 2/3

5 Fifteenth 2

6 Sesquialtera III

7 Trumpet 8

 

Pedal Organ

18 Bourdon 16

19 Principal 8

20 Fifteenth 4

 

Couplers

i.  Choir to Pedal
ii  Great to Pedal
iii  Choir to Great
iv  Swell to Great
v Choir to Swell Bass


Choir Organ

8 Clarabella 8

9 Dulciana 8

10 Principal 4

11 Flute 4

12 Fifteenth 2

13 Cremona 8




Swell Organ

14 Open Diapason 8

15 Stop’d Diapason 8

16 Principal 4

17 Hautboy 8

  4 Composition Pedals.
  Centre Balanced Swell

          Compass
  Keyboards: cc-f (54 notes)
  Pedals:         cc-f(30 notes)