Complete description of the selected organ
Photo: Pierre Marcel
Source: Calendar Organa Europae 2008
Cambridge, United Kingdom (Cambridgeshire) - Jesus College Chapel, Sutton Organ
Municipal: Cambridge
Address: 46 Jesus Lane, CB5 8BW, Cambridge
Website: https://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/
Description nr.: 2000841.
Built by: J.C. Bishop & Son (1849)
The so-called Sutton Organ in Jesus College Chapel was built in 1848-1849 by J.C. Bishop commissioned by John Sutton, who also financed the construction. The organ is designed in classical English style. Five seventeenth-century registers are included. In 1927 Harrison & Harrison incorporated the instrument into a larger organ. In the years 1967-1971 Noel Mander rebuilt it again into an independent organ. In 2008-2009, William Drake performed a reconstruction of the original 1848 concept.
Technical data
Specification
Choir Organ (C-c'''): Open Diapason 8', Stopt Diapason 8', Principal 4', Chimney Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Sesquialtera 2 ranks.
Echo Organ (C-c'''): Open Diapason 8', Stopt Diapason 8', Open Flute 4', Fifteenth 2'.
Pedal Organ (C-c'): Sub Bass 16'.
Couplers: Echo to Choir, Echo to Pedal, Choir to Pedal.
Photo: Pierre Marcel
Source: Calendar Organa Europae 2008
Cambridge, United Kingdom (Cambridgeshire) - Jesus College Chapel, Sutton Organ
Municipal: Cambridge
Address: 46 Jesus Lane, CB5 8BW, Cambridge
Website: https://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/
Description nr.: 2000841.
Built by: J.C. Bishop & Son (1849)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1849 | J.C. Bishop & Son | new organ | 1927 | Harrison & Harrison | rebuild | 1971 | Mander Organs | restoration | 2008 | William Drake | reconstruction |
The so-called Sutton Organ in Jesus College Chapel was built in 1848-1849 by J.C. Bishop commissioned by John Sutton, who also financed the construction. The organ is designed in classical English style. Five seventeenth-century registers are included. In 1927 Harrison & Harrison incorporated the instrument into a larger organ. In the years 1967-1971 Noel Mander rebuilt it again into an independent organ. In 2008-2009, William Drake performed a reconstruction of the original 1848 concept.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Choir Organ | 8 |
| - Echo Organ | 4 |
| - Pedal Organ | 1 |
| Total number of stops | 13 |
| Key action | Mechanical |
| Stop action | Mechanical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Choir Organ (C-c'''): Open Diapason 8', Stopt Diapason 8', Principal 4', Chimney Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Sesquialtera 2 ranks.
Echo Organ (C-c'''): Open Diapason 8', Stopt Diapason 8', Open Flute 4', Fifteenth 2'.
Pedal Organ (C-c'): Sub Bass 16'.
Couplers: Echo to Choir, Echo to Pedal, Choir to Pedal.
| Literature |
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| Recordings |
The Organs at Jesus College Cambridge : Organ Music from Cambridge (No 4) / Malcolm Archer. - Grosvenor GRS 1041 (LP). - 1976. |
| Links |
https://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/chapel-and-choir/about-chapel/organs |
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