Complete description of the selected organ
Photo: Piet Bron
Winchester, United Kingdom (Hampshire) - Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
Municipal: Winchester
Address: 1 The Close, SO23 9LS, Winchester
Website: https://www.winchester-cathedral.org.uk/
Description nr.: 2001504.
Built by: firma Henry Willis & Sons (1851)
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Double Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Open Diapason I 8', Open Diapason II 8', Harmonic Flute 8', Gamba 8', Claribel Flute 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Grand Cornet 5 ranks, Mixtur 4 ranks (19.22.26.29), Fourniture 3 ranks (26.29.33), Double Trumpet 16', Trumpet 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Contra Dulciana 16', Open Diapason 8', Gedackt 8', Dulciana 8', Unda Maris 8', Principal 4', Flute 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Principal 2', Flageolet 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Piccolo 1', Mixture 3 ranks, Dulcian 16', Cromorne 8', Clarinet 8', Fanfare Trumpet 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Swell Organ (enclosed) (C-c''''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Gamba 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Voix Celeste 8', Salicional 8', Principal 4', Salicet 4', Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Grand Cornet 5 ranks, Mixture 4 ranks, Double Trumpet 16', Trumpet 8', Oboe 8', Cornopean 8', Vox Humana 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Solo Organ (enclosed) (C-c''''): Contra Viola 16', Harmonic Flute 8', Viole d'Orchestra 8', Flute Octaviante 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Piccolo 2', Basson & Hautbois 8', Orchestal Oboe 8', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Double Open Diapason 32', Open Diapason 16', Open Wood 16', Violone 16', Gamba 16', Bourdon 16', Principal 8', Bass Flute 8', Choral Bass 4', Octave Flute 4', Mixture 4 ranks (19.22.26.29), Contra Bombarde 32', Contra Trumpet 32', Trombone 16', Bassoon 16', Trumpet 8', Clarion 4'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Swell Octave on Choir, Swell Sub Octave on Choir, Choir to Great, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Solo to Pedal, Solo to Great, Solo to Swell, Solo to Choir, Solo to Pedal, Great to Solo, Swell Octave, Swell Suboctave, Swell Unison Off, Great & Pedal Pistons Combined, Generals on Toe Pistons.
Photo: Piet Bron
Winchester, United Kingdom (Hampshire) - Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
Municipal: Winchester
Address: 1 The Close, SO23 9LS, Winchester
Website: https://www.winchester-cathedral.org.uk/
Description nr.: 2001504.
Built by: firma Henry Willis & Sons (1851)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1851 | firma Henry Willis & Sons | new organ | 1897 | firma Henry Willis & Sons | enlargement | 1905 | Hele & Co. | maintenance/reparations | 1938 | Harrison & Harrison | maintenance/reparations | 1988 | Harrison & Harrison | restoration | 1997 | Harrison & Harrison | restoration | 1997 | Nicholson & Co. | restoration |
- In 1851 an industrial exhibition was held in London's Hyde Park. Henry Willis placed a specially designed concert organ in the Crystal Palace here. This organ had 70 stops divided over three manuals and pedal. After the exhibition it was sold and placed in Winchester Cathedral. Adviser on this was Samuel S. Wesley. The instrument was modified when placed in Winchester, and was expanded by Willis in 1896/1897. After this, the organ was worked on by the company Hele & Co. (1905) and by Harrison & Harrison (1938, 1988 and 1997). The 1997 works were in collaboration with Nicholson & Co.
- In 2023 a project started for a renovation of the instrument.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 18 |
| - Choir Organ | 18 |
| - Swell Organ | 18 |
| - Solo Organ | 8 |
| - Pedal Organ | 17 |
| Total number of stops | 79 |
| Key action | Electropneumatic |
| Stop action | Electrical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Double Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Open Diapason I 8', Open Diapason II 8', Harmonic Flute 8', Gamba 8', Claribel Flute 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Grand Cornet 5 ranks, Mixtur 4 ranks (19.22.26.29), Fourniture 3 ranks (26.29.33), Double Trumpet 16', Trumpet 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Contra Dulciana 16', Open Diapason 8', Gedackt 8', Dulciana 8', Unda Maris 8', Principal 4', Flute 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Principal 2', Flageolet 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Piccolo 1', Mixture 3 ranks, Dulcian 16', Cromorne 8', Clarinet 8', Fanfare Trumpet 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Swell Organ (enclosed) (C-c''''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Gamba 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Voix Celeste 8', Salicional 8', Principal 4', Salicet 4', Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Grand Cornet 5 ranks, Mixture 4 ranks, Double Trumpet 16', Trumpet 8', Oboe 8', Cornopean 8', Vox Humana 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Solo Organ (enclosed) (C-c''''): Contra Viola 16', Harmonic Flute 8', Viole d'Orchestra 8', Flute Octaviante 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Piccolo 2', Basson & Hautbois 8', Orchestal Oboe 8', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Double Open Diapason 32', Open Diapason 16', Open Wood 16', Violone 16', Gamba 16', Bourdon 16', Principal 8', Bass Flute 8', Choral Bass 4', Octave Flute 4', Mixture 4 ranks (19.22.26.29), Contra Bombarde 32', Contra Trumpet 32', Trombone 16', Bassoon 16', Trumpet 8', Clarion 4'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Swell Octave on Choir, Swell Sub Octave on Choir, Choir to Great, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Solo to Pedal, Solo to Great, Solo to Swell, Solo to Choir, Solo to Pedal, Great to Solo, Swell Octave, Swell Suboctave, Swell Unison Off, Great & Pedal Pistons Combined, Generals on Toe Pistons.
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Before 1997, the stop list was: Great Organ (C-a'''): Double Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason 1 8', Open Diapason 2 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Claribel Flute 8', Principal 1 4', Principal 2 4', Flute Harmonique 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Open Flute 2', Seventeenth 1 3/5', Full Mixture 4 ranks (19.22.26.29), Sharp Mixture 3 ranks (26.29.33), Double Trumpet 16', Trumpet 8', Clarion 4'. Choir Organ (C-a'''): Open Diapason 8', Stopped Flute 8', Prestant 4', Chimney Flute 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Gemshorn 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Larigot 1 1/3', Mixture 4 ranks (22.26.29.33), Cremona 8', Tremulant. Swell Organ (enclosed) (C-a'''): Double Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Violin Diapason 8', Lieblich Gedeckt 8', Echo Salicional 8', Vox Angelica 8' (TC) - Sharp, Principal 4', Lieblich Flote 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3-4 ranks (15.19.22), Contra Oboe 16' - extension, Oboe 8', Contra Posaune 16', Cornopean 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant. Solo Organ (enclosed) (C-a'''): Harmonic Flute 8', Viola di Gamba 8', Voix Celeste 8' (TC), Concert Flute 4', Harmonic Piccolo 2', Clarinet 8', Orchestral Oboe 8', Troomba 8', Tuba 8' - Unenclosed, Tuba Clarion 4' - Unenclosed, Tremulant. Nave Organ (C-a'''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Octave 4', Wald Flute 4', Super Octave 2', Cornet 5 ranks (from g°), Mixture 4-5 ranks (19.22.26.29), Trumpet 8', Tremulant. Pedal Organ (C-f'): Double Open Wood 32' - extension, Open Wood 16', Principal 16', Open Diapason 16' - transmissie van Great, Violone 16' - transmissie van Nave, Bourdon 16', Octave 8', Stopped Flute 8', Super Octave 4', Open Flute 4', Mixture 4 ranks (19.22.26.29), Contra Bombarde 32' - extension, Bombarde 16', Ophicleide 16', Fagotto 16', Trumpet 8', Clarion 4'. Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Swell to Pedal, Swell Octave, Suboctave and Unison Off, Choir to Great, Choir to Pedal, Great to Pedal, Solo Unison Off, Choir Octave to Pedal, Solo to Great, Solo to Swell, Solo to Choir, Solo to Pedal, Great to Solo, Solo Octave and Suboctave. |
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