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Complete description of the selected organ
Oxford, United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) - University College Chapel
Municipal: Oxford
Address: High Street, Oxford
Website: http://www.univ.ox.ac.uk/

Description nr.: 2002871.

Built by: J.W. Walker & Sons (1955)


Het orgel in University College Chapel in Oxford is een unit-orgel, gebouwd door de firma Walker & Sons in 1955. Het pijpwerk is afkomstig van het vorige orgel, een kleiner instrument van Walker met één manuaal. Adviseur bij de ombouw was John Webster.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great Organ7 (4)
- Swell Organ12 (3)
- Pedal Organ9 (1)
Total number of stops28 (8)
Key actionElectropneumatic
Stop actionElectropneumatic
Windchest(s)Cone chests

Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Dulciana 8', Principal 4' - extension, Rohr Flute 4', Fifteenth 2' - extension, Mixture 3 ranks (19.22.26) - transmissie van Rohr Flute.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Double Gedeckt 16' - extension, Gedeckt 8', Spitz Flute 8', Gedeckt Octave 4' - extension, Spitz Octave 4' - extension, Gedeckt Twelfth 2 2/3' - extension, Spitz Super Octave 2' - extension, Gedeckt Super Octave 2' - extension, Sesquialtera 2 ranks (12.17) - extension, Sesquialtera 2 ranks (19.24) - extension, Cromhorne 16' - extension, Cromhorne Octave 8'.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Bourdon 16', Quint 10 2/3' - extension, Principal 8' - transmissie, Flute 8' - transmissie, Fifteenth 4' - transmissie, Octave Flute 4' - transmissie, Super Octave 2' - transmissie, Cromhorne 16' - transmissie, Cromhorne Octave 8' - transmissie.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.

Literature
  • The organ in the chapel of University College, Oxford / Cecil Clutton. - In: The Organ, Vol. 37, No. 148, April 1958.
  • The organs of Oxford / Robert Pacey, Michael Popkin. - Oxford : Positif Press, 1997.
Recordings
  • Organ Music from University College Oxford / John Webster. - Decca Eclipse ECS 669 (LP). - 1972.
  • The organ of University Oxford / John Webster. - Imperial ILX 1014 (LP). - 1964.