Complete description of the selected organ
Cambridge, United Kingdom (Cambridgeshire) - Saint John's College Chapel
Municipal: Cambridge
Address: Saint John's Street, Cambridge
Website: http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/
Description nr.: 2000352.
Built by: William Hill & Sons (1869)
Demolished (1993)
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Double Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Geigen Diapason 8', Spitz Flute 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Octave 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Spitz Principal 4', Octave Quint 2 2/3', Super Octave 2', Flute Cornet 3 ranks (12.15.17), Quint Mixture 3 ranks (15.19.22), Trumpet 8', Clarion 4'.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Prinzipal 8', Quintade 8', Glochen Gamba 8', Octav 4', Gemshorn 4', Nasat 2 2/3', Block Flote 2', Sifflote 1', Zimbel 3 ranks (36.40.43).
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Lieblich Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Rohr Gedackt 8', Echo Salicional 8', Vox Angelica 8' (TC), Principal 4', Lieblich Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Larigot 1 1/3', Mixture 4 ranks (12.15.19.22), Double Trumpet 16', Oboe 8', Cornopean 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Solo Organ (enclosed) (C-c''''): Quintaton 16', Hohl Flote 8', Viola da Gamba 8', Viole Celeste 8' (TC), Lieblich Flute 4', Harmonic Twelfth 2 2/3', Piccolo 2', Harmonic Tierce 1 3/5', Clarinet 8', Trompeta Real 8' - Unenclosed, Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Sub Bass 32', Open Wood 16', Violone 16', Bourdon 16', Dulciana 16', Lieblich Bourdon 16', Principal 8', Bass Flute 8', Fifteenth 4', Sifflote 2', Quartane 2 ranks (12.15), Mixture 4 ranks - 1974, Contra Posaune 32' - 1974, Ophicleide 16', Posaune 8', Schalmei 4' - 1974.
Other stops: Cymbelstern - 1974.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Swell to Pedal, Swell Octave, Swell Suboctave, Choir to Great, Choir to Pedal, Swell Octave to Pedal, Solo to Pedal, Solo to Great, Solo to Choir, Solo Octave, Solo Sub Octave, Solo Unison Off, Great Reeds to Choir.
Cambridge, United Kingdom (Cambridgeshire) - Saint John's College Chapel
Municipal: Cambridge
Address: Saint John's Street, Cambridge
Website: http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/
Description nr.: 2000352.
Built by: William Hill & Sons (1869)
Demolished (1993)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1636 | Robert Dallam | new organ | 1839 | William Hill & Sons | rebuild | 1869 | William Hill & Sons | new organ in old case | 1889 | William Hill & Sons | maintenance/reparations | 1902 | Norman & Beard | rebuild | 1922 | Harrison & Harrison | rebuild | 1956 | Norman & Beard Hill | rebuild | 1974 | Norman & Beard Hill | restoration |
- Het vorige orgel van Saint John's College Chapel werd in 1869 gebouwd door William Hill. Bij de bouw werden de orgelkassen van het oude orgel opnieuw gebruikt. Dit werk ging terug op Robert Dallam en dateerde van 1636. Het orgel was veelvuldig gewijzigd en tenslotte was het in 1839 door William Hill gemoderniseerd. In 1889 werden nieuwe orgelkassen geplaatst, ontworpen door J. Oldrid Scott. De oude kassen zijn gesplitst verkocht. De kas van Great staat thans in Old Bilton en de kas van het Chaire Organ in Brownsover.
- Onder advies van Cyril Rootham, organist van het college, is het orgel in 1902 door Norman & Beard herbouwd met pneumatische tracturen. Ook de dispositie werd gewijzigd. Harrison & Harrison voerde in 1922 een nieuwe verbouwing uit. In de jaren 1955-1956 is het orgel door Hill, Norman & Beard herbouwd met electro-pneumatische tractuur. De dispositie is ingrijpend gewijzigd en uitgebreid. In 1974 voerde dezelfde firma een revisie uit. Het orgel is in 1993 afgebroken en vervangen door een grotendeels nieuw instrument van Noel Mander.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 14 |
| - Choir Organ | 9 |
| - Swell Organ | 14 |
| - Solo Organ | 10 |
| - Pedal Organ | 16 |
| Total number of stops | 63 |
| Key action | Electropneumatic |
| Stop action | Electropneumatic |
| Windchest(s) | Cone chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Double Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Geigen Diapason 8', Spitz Flute 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Octave 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Spitz Principal 4', Octave Quint 2 2/3', Super Octave 2', Flute Cornet 3 ranks (12.15.17), Quint Mixture 3 ranks (15.19.22), Trumpet 8', Clarion 4'.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Prinzipal 8', Quintade 8', Glochen Gamba 8', Octav 4', Gemshorn 4', Nasat 2 2/3', Block Flote 2', Sifflote 1', Zimbel 3 ranks (36.40.43).
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Lieblich Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Rohr Gedackt 8', Echo Salicional 8', Vox Angelica 8' (TC), Principal 4', Lieblich Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Larigot 1 1/3', Mixture 4 ranks (12.15.19.22), Double Trumpet 16', Oboe 8', Cornopean 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Solo Organ (enclosed) (C-c''''): Quintaton 16', Hohl Flote 8', Viola da Gamba 8', Viole Celeste 8' (TC), Lieblich Flute 4', Harmonic Twelfth 2 2/3', Piccolo 2', Harmonic Tierce 1 3/5', Clarinet 8', Trompeta Real 8' - Unenclosed, Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Sub Bass 32', Open Wood 16', Violone 16', Bourdon 16', Dulciana 16', Lieblich Bourdon 16', Principal 8', Bass Flute 8', Fifteenth 4', Sifflote 2', Quartane 2 ranks (12.15), Mixture 4 ranks - 1974, Contra Posaune 32' - 1974, Ophicleide 16', Posaune 8', Schalmei 4' - 1974.
Other stops: Cymbelstern - 1974.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Swell to Pedal, Swell Octave, Swell Suboctave, Choir to Great, Choir to Pedal, Swell Octave to Pedal, Solo to Pedal, Solo to Great, Solo to Choir, Solo Octave, Solo Sub Octave, Solo Unison Off, Great Reeds to Choir.
| Literature |
The organs of Cambridge : An illustrated guide to the organs of the University and City of Cambridge / Nicholas Thistlethwaite. - Oxford : Positif Press, 2008. |
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