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#41
Organs in danger / Re: All Saints, Newtown, Powys
August 31, 2012, 02:46:11 PM
I saw the organ yesterday, and am glad to report that it is in good condition. It's a two-manual Wadsworth, not sure of its age.

Pedal (C-f1)
16' Bourdon

Great (C-a3)
8' Open Diapason
8' Dulciana (C-B stopped)
4' Harmonic Flute

Swell (C-a3)
8' Lieblich Gedact
8' Viola (C-B from LG)
4' Gemshorn
8' Oboe

Couplers + Acc.
Swell to Great; Swell to Pedal; Great to Pedal
Vertical swell shutters (ineffective enclosure)
Two composition pedals to Great (Dulciana alone; All stops)

I have to remark on a very pleasant sound, with a good singing Open Diapason. The lack of an 8' flute on the Great is irksome though. It is under-powered for the building, so they intend to replace it with a redundant organ already in their possession. The churchwarden informed me that there will be a PCC meeting on the 6th of September, and that she will persuade its members to apply immediately for a faculty for the organ's removal. I have already had some interest from Paul Derrett, but am waiting to hear back from him. If he does not wish to take it, please let me know if you would like it.

Many thanks!
#42
Organs in danger / All Saints, Newtown, Powys
August 13, 2012, 10:36:14 PM
Good evening everyone!

The organ at the above-mentioned church is to be dismantled in the not too distant future, I am hoping to inspect it tomorrow, I have played it before for about 5 minutes, there are roughly 10 stops, nothing above 4 foot. More details to follow soon.

Best,
A. P.

P. S. The organ is not on NPOR.
#43
Organ registration / Re: Minimum specification of small organ
May 05, 2012, 06:00:50 PM
An interesting article by Norman Cocker on some of his ideas for small church organs. I wouldn't mind playing some of these!

http://cdmnet.org/Julian/schemes/cocker2.htm
#44
Organ registration / Re: Minimum specification of small organ
April 27, 2012, 08:45:13 PM
Quote from: NonPlayingAnorak on May 05, 2010, 12:57:53 AM

Simples... http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=P00563

There simply never has been a 16-stop organ that versatile before. It does pretty much everything convincingly. Now, it just needs an acoustic to speak into...

This must surely give the St-Martin a run for its money in terms of 'bang for your buck'...

http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N01725
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