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Source: firma Harrison & Harrison.

Source: firma Harrison & Harrison

Bristol, United Kingdom (Bristol) - Colston Hall
Municipal: Bristol
Address: Colston Street, BS1 5AR, Bristol
Website: https://www.colstonhall.org/

Description nr.: 2003216.

Built by: Harrison & Harrison (1956)


Harrison & Harrison bouwde in 1951-1956 een groot nieuw orgel voor de Colston Hall in Bristol. Adviseurs bij de bouw waren H.K. Andrews en W.K. Stanton.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great17
- Choir22 (18)
- Swell16
- Solo16
- Pedal24 (10)
Total number of stops95 (77)
Key actionElectropneumatic
Stop actionElectropneumatic
Windchest(s)Slider chests
Pitcha' = 440 Hz
TemperamentEqual temperament

Specification
Great (C-c''''): Double Geigen 16', Open Diapason 1 8', Open Diapason 2 8', Open Diapason 3 8', Geigen 8', Hohl Flute 8', Quint 5 1/3', Octave 4', Principal 4', Wald Flute 4', Octave Quint 2 2/3', Super Octave 2', Mixture 3 ranks (15.19.22), Mixture 5 ranks (17.19.22.26.29), Contra Tromba 16', Tromba 8', Octave Tromba 4'.
Choir (C-c''''):
Unenclosed Section: Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Stopped Flute 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Super Octave 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Larigot 1 1/3', Twenty Second 1', Mixtur 3 ranks (26.29.33).
Enclosed Section: Double Dulciana 16', Claribel Flute 8', Salicional 8', Vox Angelica 8' (TC), Dulciana 8', Clarinet 8', Dulcet 4', Tremulant, Cornopean 8', Contra Tromba 16' - van Great, Tromba 8' - van Great, Tuba 8' - van Solo, Octave Tromba 4' - van Great.
Swell (C-c''''): Quintaton 16', Open Diapason 8', Violin Diapason 8', Lieblich Gedeckt 8', Echo Gamba 8', Voix Celeste 8', Principal 4', Lieblich Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 5 ranks (17.19.22.26.29), Contra Oboe 16', Oboe 8', Tremulant, Double Trumpet 16', Trumpet 8', Clarion 4'.
Solo (C-c''''): Contra Viola 16', Viole d'Orchestre 8', Viole Celeste 8' (discant), Viole Sourdine 8', Harmonic Flute 8', Viole Octaviante 4', Concert Flute 4', Harmonic Piccolo 2', Cornet des Violes 3 ranks (10.12.15), Orchestral Oboe 8', Cor Anglais 8', Tremulant, French Horn 8', Orchestral Trumpet 8', Tuba 8', Tuba Clarion 4'.
Pedal (C-g'): Double Open Diapason 32' - extension, Open Metal 16', Open Wood I 16', Open Wood II 16', Violone 16', Bourdon 16', Quintaton 16' - van Swell, Viola 16' - van Solo, Dulciana 16' - van Choir, Octave Metal 8' - extension, Principal 8', Octave Wood 8' - extension, Flute 8' - extension, Octave Quint 5 1/3', Super Octave 4' - extension, Fifteenth 4', Octave Flute 4' - extension, Mixture 4 ranks (12,17.19.22), Double Ophicleide 32', Ophicleide 16' - extension, Trombone 16' - van Great, Fagotto 16' - van Swell, Posaune 8' - extension, Octave Posaune 4' - extension.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Solo to Great, Swell to Choir, Solo to Choir, Solo to Swell, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Choir Octave, Choir Suboctave, Choir Unison Off, Swell Octave, Swell Suboctave, Swell Unison Off, Solo Octave, Solo Suboctave, Solo Unison Off.

Recordings
  • Priory LP Archive Series Volume 7 / Arthur Willis, Dudley Holroyd, Christopher Brayne, Colins Andrews, Stephen Darlington. - Priory Records PRCD 919 (CD). - 2004. - Opgenomen in St. Albans, Ely, Bath, Wells en Bristol.
  • Colston Hall organ classics / Malcolm Archer. - Priory Records PRCD 305 (CD).
  • Fluorescence / Colin Andrews. - Priory Records PR 159 (LP). - 1984.
  • English organ music / Simon Preston. - Argo ZRG 528 (LP). - 1967.