Builder: Conacher 1880 Rebuilt: Wells Kennedy Partnership 1981 Console type: Detached Stop controls: Drawstop Pedals type: Concave & Radiating Action Key: Electropneumatic Stop: Electric - sliders drawn by solenoid Temperament: Tuning (a'): 440 Hz Wind Pressures (Inches): Great 3 1/2 Swell 3 1/2 Choir 2 3/4 Pedal 4 Specification: I Choir (C-c4; 61) Rohr Flute 8 Wald Flute 4 Fifteenth 2 Larigot 1 1/3 Cymbale 29 33 36 III Cremona 8 Tremulant II Great (C-c4; 61) Bourdon 16 Open Diapason 8 Stopped Diapason 8 Gamba 8 Principal 4 Koppedl Flute 4 Nazard 2 2/3 Fifteenth 2 Tierce 1 3/5 Mixture 19 22 26 29 IV Trumpet 8 Tremulant III Swell (C-c4; 61) Open Diapason 8 Gedackt 8 Salicional 8 Voix Celeste 8 Principal 4 Gemshorn 2 Mixture 22 26 29 33 IV Contra Fagotto 16 Trompette 8 Hautbois 8 Tremulant Pedal (C-f; 30) Open Diapason 16 Bourdon 16 Lieblich Bourdon 16 From Great Bourdon 16 Quint 10 2/3 Derived from Great Bourdon 16 Principal 8 Bass Flute 8 From Pedal Bourdon 16 Octave 4 From Pedal Principal 8 Stopped Flute 4 From Pedal Bourdon 16 Mixture 19 22 26 29 IV Trombone 16 Fagotto 8 From Swell Contra Fagotto 16 Couplers: Swell to Great Swell to Choir Swell Octave Choir to Great Swell to Pedal Great to Pedal Choir to Pedal Accessories: Great and Pedal Combinations Coupled Swell and Pedal Combinations Coupled Balanced mechanical swell pedal Pistons: Full compliment of pistons and reversibles adjustable by selector switch. Comments: Organ was built by Conacher of Huddersfield in 1880 and comprised three manuals and 25 speaking stops. It was originally tracker action but this was replaced in 1908 when Conacher fitted tubular pneumatic action and added six stops. Wells Kennedy rebuilt the instrument and carried out a tonal revision in 1981 and at the time rationalised the internal layout of the instrument and modified the case to improve the aperture, thus benefitting the egress of sound. A new drawstop console was fitted, action was completely overhauled and electrified. Solid state switching was installed for coupler and pedal departments while the manual divisions continue to reside on slider soundboards apart from the Swell Contra Fagotto 16.
Source - IMcC 4/1995
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