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Photo: Raymond Parks.

Photo: Raymond Parks

Edinburgh, United Kingdom (Lothian) - Saint Mary's Scottish Episcopal Cathedral
Commune: Edinburgh
Adresse: Palmerston Place, EH12 5AW, Edinburgh
Site Web: https://www.cathedral.net/

Description no.: 2004735.

Bâti par: firma Henry Willis & Sons (1880)

AnnéeFacteurOpusActivité
1880 firma Henry Willis & Sons  orgue neuf
1929 Harrison & Harrison  conversion
1995 Harrison & Harrison  restauration

De hoofdkerk van de Scottish Episcopal Church is Saint Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh. Het gebouw is op 29 oktober 1879 ingewijd. Het orgel is gebouwd door Henry Willis in de jaren 1879/1880. In 1929 bouwde Harrison & Harrison het om. Dezelfde firma werkte ook in 1959 en 1979 aan het orgel. Het orgel is voor het laatste gerestaureerd in 1995.

Données techniques
Nombre de registres par manuel
- Great Organ16
- Choir Organ9
- Swell Organ14 (11)
- Solo Organ8
- Pedal Organ11 (8)
Nombre de jeux total58 (52)
Transmission des clésElectropneumatic
Transmission des jeuxElectropneumatic
Sommier(s)Cone chests

Composition
Great Organ (C-a'''): Double Geigen 16', Large Open Diapason 8', Small Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Claribel Flute 8', Octave 4', Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Quint 2 2/3', Super Octave 2', Spitzflute 2', Sesquialtera 2 ranks (2 2/3'), Mixture 5 ranks (2'), Double Trumpet 16', Trumpet 8', Clarion 4'.
Choir Organ (enclosed) (C-a'''): Open Diapason 8', Claribel Flute 8', Gamba 8', Gemshorn 4', Flauto Traverso 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Octavin 1'.
Swell Organ (enclosed) (C-a'''): Open Diapason 8', Lieblich Gedackt 8', Salicional 8', Vox Angelica 8', Principal 4', Lieblich Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks (2'), Contra Oboe 16', Oboe 8', Vox Humana 8', Tremulant, Double Trumpet 16' - van Great, Trumpet 8' - van Great, Clarion 4' - van Great.
Solo Organ (enclosed) (C-a'''): Harmonic Flute 8', Viole d'Orchestre 8', Viole Celeste 8' (TC), Concert Flute 4', Concert Piccolo 2', Corno di Bassetto 16', Orchestral Oboe 8', Tremulant, Tuba - unenclosed.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Double Open Wood 32' - extension, Open Wood 16', Violone 16', Sub Bass 16', Dulciana 16', Violoncello 8' - extension, Flute 8', Mixture 3 ranks (3 1/5'), Ophicleide 16', Corno di Bassetto 16' - from Solo, Posaune 8'.
Accouplements: 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, Solo to Pedal, Swell Octave, Solo Octave, Solo Sub Octave, Solo Unison Off, Great Reeds on Choir, Great Reeds on Solo, Great Reeds on Pedal.

Références
  • The beauty of the British organ : 8-daagse reis langs orgels in kathedralen, abdijen en kerken in noord-Engeland en zuid-Schotland van 10-17 oktober 2003 / Gerco Schaap, Dave Lazoe. - Eigen uitgave als reisgids bij de orgelreis, 2003.
  • Organs of Edinburgh. - Edinburgh : Delphian Records Ltd., 2010. - Book with 4 CD's.
Enregistrements
  • William Faulkes : An Edwardian concert with England's organ composer Faulkes / Duncan Ferguson. - Delphian DCD 34148 (CD). - 2015.
  • The organ of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh / Timothy Byram-Wigfield. - Herald HAVPCD 169 (CD). - 1993.