Relocation · 2004
Leckpatrick Church of Ireland, Strabane, Co. Tyrone
A five-stop chamber organ largely of the 1871 Walker rebuild but containing earlier parts, acquired from a church in Wales, restored and installed after temporary service in two other churches.
- Organisation
- Leckpatrick Church of Ireland
- Location
- Strabane, Co. Tyrone
- Year
- 2004
- Type of work
- Restoration and installation of a five-stop chamber organ
The contract
A 5 stop chamber organ mainly dating from the 1871 Walker rebuild but containing earlier parts was acquired from a church in Wales who needed the space for disabled access. After a period of months serving as a temporary organ in Donaghadee Parish Church Co. Down and subsequently St Mary's Star of the Sea, Whitehouse, Co.Antrim, it was fully restored and installed in Leckpatrick Church of Ireland, Strabane, Co.Tyrone in 2004.
The work, stage by stage
Organ before restoration & relocation
2 photographs
Organ after restoration & relocation
6 photographs
Specification
Manual
- Open Diapason1-4,6 wood, rest metal
- 8
- Stopped Diapason Bass1-12, wood
- 8
- Wald Flute TrebleTenor C, wood (actually Stopped Diapason)
- 8
- DulcianaTenor C, metal
- 8
- Principalmetal
- 4
- Fifteenthmetal
- 2
Pedal pulldowns permanently coupled to manual
Compass: Manual CC-f (54 Notes)
Pedals CC-E (29 Notes) straight, flat pedalboard
Dimensions: Height 11' 6"
Width 6'
Depth 4' plus pedalboard & stool
Mechanical action throughout
Painted pine case with 13 gold painted wooden dummy front pipes
Attached oak drawstop console
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