Restoration · 2003
St Mary's Star of the Sea Church, Whitehouse, Co. Antrim
The 1932 Hart & Churchill organ, found covered in dust and in poor condition, restored with enhanced case decoration — one of the last tracker organs built before the Organ Reform Movement.
- Organisation
- St Mary's Star of the Sea
- Location
- Whitehouse, Co. Antrim
- Year
- 2003
- Type of work
- Restoration and case decoration
The contract
The 1932 Hart & Churchill organ in St Mary's Star of the Sea, Whitehouse, Co. Antrim was in poor condition when we first saw it. The building has just been refurbished and the organ was covered in dust. After restoration in 2003 and enhancement of the case decoration it is a good working example of what must be one of the last tracker organs to be built pre Organ Reform Movement.
The work, stage by stage
Organ before and during restoration
2 photographs
Organ after restoration
3 photographs
Specification
Great
- Open Diapason1-19 in prospect
- 8
- Stop Diapason
- 8
- Dulciana1-12 grooved to Stop Diapason
- 8
- Harmonic Flute
- 4
Specification
- Violin Diapason1-12 grooved to Leiblich Gedacht
- 8
- Leiblich Gedacht
- 8
- Echo Gamba1-12 grooved to Leiblich Gedacht (2003)
- 8
- Voix CelesteT.C.
- 8
- Gemshorn
- 4
- Oboe
- 8
Pedal
- BourdonA
- 16
- Bass FluteA
- 8
Swell: (Enclosed)
Tremulant
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal
Swell to Great
Swell Octave
Compass: Manual CC-a (58 Notes)
Pedals CCC-F (30 Notes)
Accessories: 2 composition pedals to Swell
2 composition pedals to Great
Hitch-down Swell Pedal at RHS
Mechanical action to manuals & drawstops
Tubular-pneumatic action to Pedals
Organ on west gallery with attached drawstop console (player faces west)
Pitch pine case
Front display of 23 cream painted pipes with gold leaf mouths (4 dummy) arranged: | 7 | 9 | 7 |
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