Historic instrument for urgent disposal

[organforumadmin]

See http://www.organmatters.com/index.php/topic,855.msg4240.html#msg4240


Expert opinion suggests it was built about 1830 or shortly afterwards,   as it has a choir bass, a feature Renn introduced in 1829. We have yet   to discover its original location but it is older than the church it   stands in.
One expert said of this organ: It has a short compass   Tenor C Swell organ of very gentle voicing. The Great organ has a   splendid ringing tone.

Swell Organ (Tenor C)                      Great Organ
Double Diapason  16                     Open Diapason        8
Open Diapason     8                          Dulciana               8
Salicional        8*                              Stop Bass            8
Trumpet           8                              Claribel             8
Principal         4                                 Principal            4
Voix Celeste      8*                            Flute                4*
                                                        Gamba Bass           8*
                                                        Gamba                8*
                                                        Twelfth              2 2/3
                                                        Fifteenth            2
                                                        Sesquialtera        17th+

Pedal Organ
Bourdon          16

Couplers
Swell to Great
Great to Pedal

Compass
Manuals CC – F 54 notes, Pedals CCC – E 29 notes.

"Kick Stick" Swell operation.

*Non original pipework.     +The nineteenth and twenty second ranks have been removed.


Please contact member grinder12

[organforumadmin]

The width is 9ft and the height to the points on the case about 15ft, although the actual instrument behind the case is slightly lower.[/size]At present the depth from the very back of the organ to the edge of the bench pedestal is about 12ft.

[/size]Some time in the past 50 years the console was brought forward several feet and as a result the Swell sits quite a way behind the Great. I have been told by specialists that if the organ were rebuilt the Swell could be brought closer to the Great and this would reduce the depth.

[David Pinnegar]

Hi!

I am told that this instrument is now an SOS emergency . . . Please does anyone know where it might be able to go?

Best wishes

David P

Postscript
Christ Church, Biddulph Moor, in North Staffordshire
email geoffrey dot browne at btinternet dot com

[grinder12]

This organ has now been saved for proper restoration. Some very interesting features have already been found - i will post details once the removal is complete this weekend.

[diapason]

Good news.  It looks a lovely instrument.