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Cambridge, United Kingdom (Cambridgeshire) - Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs
Municipal: Cambridge
Address: Hills Road, Cambridge

Description nr.: 2004710.

Built by: Abbott & Smith (1894)

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1894 Abbott & Smith  new organ
1976 E.J. Johnson & Son  restoration
2002 Nicholson & Co.  restoration

De firma Abbott & Smith bouwde in 1890-1894 een orgel voor de kerk van Our Lady and the English Martyrs te Cambridge. Adviseur bij de bouw was Charles Villiers Stanford. Het orgel is in de loop van de tijd gewijzigd, onder andere in 1976 door E.J. Johnson en in 2002 door Nicholson.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great10
- Choir8
- Swell12
- Pedal4
Total number of stops34
Key actionElectropneumatic
Stop actionElectropneumatic
Windchest(s)Cone chests

Specification
Great (C-a'''): Double Open Diapason 16', Large Open Diapason 8', Small Open Diapason 8', Doppel Flute 8', Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks (15.19.22), Trumpet 8', Clarion 4'.
Choir (C-a'''): Open Diapason 8', Clarabella 8', Dulciana 8', Viola 8', Lieblich Flute 4', Harmonic Piccolo 2' - enclosed, Contra Fagotto 16' (TC) - enclosed, Clarionet 8' - enclosed.
Swell (enclosed) (C-a'''): Lieblich Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Lieblich Gedeckt 8', Viola da Gamba 8', Voix Céleste 8' (TC), Octave 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 2 ranks (19.22), Double Trumpet 16', Horn 8', Oboe 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Pedal (C-f'): Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Violoncello 8', Trombone 16'.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell Octave.

Literature
  • Orgelbau-Nachrichten. - In: Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau, 11. Jahrg. No.5, 11. November 1890.
  • De belangrijkste componist sinds John Blow? Sir Charles Villiers Stanford / Wijnand van de Pol. - In: Het Orgel, jrg. 100 nr. 2, maart/april 2004.
  • The organs of Cambridge : An illustrated guide to the organs of the University and City of Cambridge / Nicholas Thistlethwaite. - Oxford : Positif Press, 2008.
Recordings The organs of Cambridge : Volume 2 / Philip Rushworth. - OxRecs OXCD-59.