St Chad's RC Cathedral Birmingham

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  • ardcarp
    Late member
    • Nov 2010
    • 11102

    St Chad's RC Cathedral Birmingham

    About the Walker organ:

    Description de l'orgue de la cathédrale catholique St. Chad, de Birmingham (Angleterre) / Description of the organ in St. Chad R.C. Cathedral, in Birmingham (England)
  • Finzi4ever
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 599

    #2
    Originally posted by ardcarp View Post
    'Shurely shom mishtak' - on the website having 2 pedal divisions, the second of the two clearly belongs to a different instrument...

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    • edashtav
      Full Member
      • Jul 2012
      • 3670

      #3
      Originally posted by Finzi4ever View Post
      'Shurely shom mishtak' - on the website having 2 pedal divisions, the second of the two clearly belongs to a different instrument...
      National Pipe Organ Register suggests:

      Red Maple and dark red paint, gilded;
      49 Spotted metal pipes with gilded mouths;

      Department and Stop list
      Pedal Key action Tr Stop action El Compass-low C Compass-high g1 Keys 32
      1 Open Diapason 16
      2 Subbass 16
      3 Octave 8
      4 Bass Flute 8
      5 Superoctave 4
      6 Mixture IV
      7 Ophicleide 16
      8 Trumpet 8

      Positive Key action Tr Stop action El Compass-low C Compass-high c4 Keys 61
      9 Stopped Diapason 8
      10 Principal 4
      11 Open Flute 4
      12 Nazard 2 2/3
      13 Fifteenth 2
      14 Flageolet 2
      15 Tierce 1 3/5
      16 Larigot 1 1/3
      17 Sharp Mixture IV
      18 Cremona 8
      19 Tremulant

      Great Key action Tr Stop action El Compass-low C Compass-high c4 Keys 61
      20 Bourdon 16
      21 Open Diapason 8
      22 Open Flute 8
      23 Gamba 8
      24 Octave 4
      25 Harmonic Flute 4
      26 Superoctave 2
      27 Grave Mixture II
      28 Mixture IV
      29 Cornet V
      30 Trumpet 8

      Swell Key action Tr Stop action El Compass-low C Compass-high c4 Keys 61 Enclosed
      31 Chimney Flute 8
      32 Salicional 8
      33 Voix Celeste 8
      34 Principal 4
      35 Tapered Flute 4
      36 Gemshorn 2
      37 Mixture IV
      38 Bassoon 16
      39 Trumpet 8
      40 Oboe 8
      41 Clarion 4
      42 Tremulant

      Console
      Console type Attached Stop type drawstop Label type plastic Pedalboard concave radiating
      French style terraced layout

      Couplers
      Swell to Pedal
      Swell to Great
      Great to Pedal
      Positive to Great
      Swell to Positive
      Positive to Pedal

      Details
      Blowing Electric Tuning Eq Tmp

      Accessories
      Balanced Swell Pedal
      6 thumb pistons to each manual
      6 General thumb pistons and toe pedals
      Tutti thumb piston and toe pedal
      6 toe pedals to Great
      Swell combinations on General toe pedals
      Great and Pedal Combinations coupled
      General Cancel thumb piston
      Sw-Pd and Gt-Pd thumb piston and toe pedal
      Pos-Pd, Sw-Gt, Pos-Gt and Sw-Pos thumb piston
      8 divisional and 8 general memory levels

      Further information
      the bottom octave of each manual has pneumatic assisters;i

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