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Glasgow, United Kingdom (Strathclyde) - University of Glasgow, Concert Hall, The Unitarian Organ
Forwarded from: Edinburgh - Qualified Episcopal Chapel (1747 - 1775)
Municipal: Glasgow
Address: University Avenue, G12 8QQ, Glasgow
Website: https://www.gla.ac.uk/
Description nr.: 2004121.
Built by: John Snetzler (1747)
Short list of all locations the organ has been
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-f'''): Open Diapason 8', Stop Diapason 8', Principal 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Seventeenth 1 3/5' - 1974, Furniture 3-4 ranks (15.19.22) - 1974.
Swell Organ (C-f''' (c°-f''')): Double Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Principal 4', Cornopean 8', Oboe 8'.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Bourdon 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal.
Glasgow, United Kingdom (Strathclyde) - University of Glasgow, Concert Hall, The Unitarian Organ
Forwarded from: Edinburgh - Qualified Episcopal Chapel (1747 - 1775)
Municipal: Glasgow
Address: University Avenue, G12 8QQ, Glasgow
Website: https://www.gla.ac.uk/
Description nr.: 2004121.
Built by: John Snetzler (1747)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1747 | John Snetzler | new organ | 1775 | John Snetzler | transfer/relocate | 1788 | John Donaldson | enlargement | ca. 1813 | J. & A. Mirrlees | transfer/relocate | 1856 | Bevington & Sons | rebuild | 1959 | James MacKenzie | maintenance/reparations | 1974 | James MacKenzie | restoration | 1985 | James MacKenzie | transfer/relocate |
- John Snetzler built a single manual organ for the Qualified Episcopal Chapel, Carrubers Close in Edinburgh in 1747. The instrument was transferred to the Episcopal Chapel of Saint Andrew by the Green in Glasgow in 1775. In 1788 John Donaldson expanded the organ with a second manual (Swell), which ran from tenor c (c°).
- Around 1813 the organ was built by J.A. Mirrlees transferred to Unitarian Chapel (Union Street). The Unitarian Church moved to a new building on Saint Vincent Street in 1855-1856. The organ was transferred, renovated and expanded by Bevington & Sons.
- In 1959 the organ was in an unplayable condition. It was renovated by James MacKenzie, making it playable again. In 1974 a complete restoration was carried out by MacKenzie. The organ was subsequently transferred to the University of Glasgow Concert Hall in 1985. It was donated to the university by the Unitarian Church as they were moving into a smaller meetinghouse. James MacKenzie transferred the organ.
Short list of all locations the organ has been
| 1747 | Edinburgh | Qualified Episcopal Chapel |
| 1775 | Glasgow | Episcopal Chapel of Saint Andrew by the Green |
| ca. 1813 | Glasgow | Unitarian Chapel (Union Street) |
| 1856 | Glasgow | Unitarian Chapel (Saint Vincent Street) |
| 1985 | Glasgow | University of Glasgow, Concert Hall |
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 7 |
| - Swell Organ | 5 |
| - Pedal Organ | 1 |
| Total number of stops | 13 |
| Key action | Mechanical |
| Stop action | Mechanical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
| Temperament | Thomas Young |
Specification
Great Organ (C-f'''): Open Diapason 8', Stop Diapason 8', Principal 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Seventeenth 1 3/5' - 1974, Furniture 3-4 ranks (15.19.22) - 1974.
Swell Organ (C-f''' (c°-f''')): Double Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Principal 4', Cornopean 8', Oboe 8'.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Bourdon 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal.
| Literature |
The life and work of John Snetzler / Alan Barnes, Martin Renshaw. - Aldershot : Scolar Press, 1994. |
| Recordings |
Organs in Glasgow / John Kitchen ; John Butt. - Delphian Records DCD 34032 (CD). - 2004. |