Builder: John Snetzler 1773
Telford 1972
Conacher 1894
Evans & Barr 1924
Walker 1952
Wells Kennedy Partnership (Lisburn) 1970-1972
Case:
Gothic Style
Console type: Integral
Stop controls: Drawstop - Jambs inclined at 30 deg.
Pedals type: Concave & radiating
Action
Key: Mechanical
Stop: Electro pneumatic and Direct Solenoid
Temperament:
Tuning (a'): 440 Hz
Wind supply
Power: Watkins & Watson 'Discus' blower
Pressures (inches): 2 1/2
Specification:
I Choir (C-f3; 54)
Chimney Flute 8 Snetzler
Flute 4 Snetzler
Fifteenth 2 Snetzler
Larigot 1 3/5 Wells Kennedy
Cimbal 29 33 36 III Wells Kennedy
II Great (C-f3; 54)
Open Diapason 8 Snetzler
Stopt Diapason 8 Snetzler
Principal 4 Snetzler
Fifteenth 2 Snetzler
Sesquialtera 15 17 19 22 IV Snetzler
Mixture 19 22 26 29 IV Wells Kennedy
Cornet (from Tenor G) V Wells Kennedy
Trumpet 8 Snetzler
III Swell (Enclosed C-f3; 54)
Gedackt 8 Evans & Barr
Principal 4 Snetzler
Blockflute 2 Wells Kennedy
Sesquialtera 17 19 / 12 17 II Wells Kennedy
Mixture 26 29 33 III Wells Kennedy
Contra Oboe 16 Wells Kennedy & Snetzler
Trumpet 8 Snetzler
Tremulant
Pedal (C-f; 30)
Open Diapason 16 Snetzler, wood
Principal 8 19th centuary
Nachthorn 4 Wells Kennedy
Quint 2 2/3 Wells Kennedy
Twenty-Second 2 Snetzler
Posaune 16 Wells Kennedy
Cremona 4 19th centuary
Couplers:
Great to Choir
Swell to Choir
Swell to Great
Choir to Pedal
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Accessories:
Balanced Swell Pedal (Mechanical)
Pistons:
4 adjustable (electric) pistons to each department
1 general cancel on toe piston
Comments:
Great and Swell slider soundboards have electropneumatic drawstop
action while choir and Pedal slider soundboards have direct
electric solonoid drawstop mechanism.
In 1868 Snetzlers keyboards were lost when some minor cleaning
and repairing was carried out.
Original tracker action was replaced in either the 1894 or 1924
rebuild by tubular pneumatic. Wells Kennedy replaced this with
new tracker key and pedal action in 1970.
Various Snetzler stops were lost during the various rebuilds. The
1970 rebuild attempted to make the most of the existing original
pipework and add new ranks voiced and scaled to blend and enhance
the sound of the historical pipework.
No complete example of Snetzlers work survives - the largest is
Beverly Minster in Yorkshire where there are 16 original Snetzler
stops. Hillsborough has 13 complete and some partially complete
Snetzler stops.
The organ is located on the back gallery.
Source - IMcC 4/1995
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