Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Moneyglass near Toomebridge

Builder:  Evans & Barr Ltd, Belfast c.1925

Console type:  Detached
Stop controls: Drawstop
Pedals type:   Concave & radiating

Action
  Key:  Tubular pneumatic
  Stop: Tubular pneumatic

Temperament:      
Tuning (a'): 440 Hz

Wind supply:
        Three stage bellows and mechanical feeder mechanism, crankshaft
        and worm drive (in separate oil baths) driven by Bull 6hp DC 
        motor (110v 24amp).  Rheostatic speed control with mechanical
        linkage to main feeder reservoir.

        DC provided by Crompton Parkinson motor generator set (located in
        tower); 5 3/4hp 3 phase AC motor (6.75 amp) with direct shaft 
        drive to DC 110v 27amp generator.

  

Comments:         
        This is the only remaining mechanical feeder blowing plant in
        Northern Ireland (as far as we know).

        Motor generator set is started by a multistage rotary rheostat 
        starter handle mounted on the console - this is marked to 
        indicate to the user that the handle must be advanced over its
        full travel in a minimum time span of 5 seconds.


Specification:

I Choir (Enclosed)

Lieblich Gedacht                8
Dolce                           8
Viol d'Orchestra                8
Harmonic Flute                  4
Flautina                        2
Orchestral Clarionet            8
Tremulant


II Great

Double Open Diapason           16
Bourdon                        16
Open Diapason Major             8
Open Diapason Minor             8
Claribel Flute                  8
Stop Diapason                   8
Dulciana                        8
Principal                       4
Wald Flute                      4
Fifteenth                       2
Mixture                         III
Tromba                          8


III Swell (Enclosed)

Lieblich Bourdon               16
Violin Diapason                 8
Stop Diapason                   8
Echo Gamba                      8
Vox Angelica                    8
Gemshorn                        4
Dolce                           4
Mixture                         III
Double Trumpet                 16
Cornopean                       8
Oboe                            8
Tremulant


Pedal

Harmonic Bass                  32
Open Diapason                  16
Violone                        16       From Great
Bourdon                        16       From Great
Octave                          8
Bass Flute                      8
Trumpet                        16       From Swell



Couplers
        Choir Octave
        Choir Sub Octave
        Swell Octave
        Swell Sub Octave
        Swell Unison Off
        Swell to Choir
        Choir to Great
        Swell to Great
        Choir to Pedal
        Great to Pedal
        Swell to Pedal

 
Comments:

This instrument is now in need of considerable work (apart from the
blowing plant which has been well maintained and is in excellent working
order).  Many stops do not work and there are a considerable number of
intermittent cyphers.

Source - IMcC 4/1995

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