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Manchester - Town Hall

Manchester, United Kingdom (Greater Manchester) - Town Hall
Commune: Manchester
Adresse: 20 Albert Square, M2 5RT, Manchester
Site Web: https://www.manchester.gov.uk/townhall

Description no.: 2004952.

Bâti par: Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1877)

AnnéeFacteurOpusActivité
1877 Aristide Cavaillé-Coll  orgue neuf
1893 Aristide Cavaillé-Coll  expansion
1912 T.C. Lewis & Co.  expansion
1970 George Jardine & Sons  restauration
2024 Flentrop Orgelbouw  reconstruction
2024 Nicholson & Co.  reconstruction

  • In 1877 Aristide Cavaillé-Coll built a large organ for the Town Hall in Manchester. The organ had 43 stops on three manuals and pedal. Cavaillé-Call himself expanded the pedal with two ranks (Soubasse 32' and Bourdan 16') and enlarged the organ with a new Solo Department. The organ was rebuilt in 1912 by T.C. Lewis modified, expanded again and equipped with an Echo Organ. The action was modified into pneumatics. In 1970 the company George Jardine & Sons revised the work. Jardine installed a new moveable console with electro-pneumatic action. The organ at this time had five manuals and 64 stops.
  • In 2020 a collobration of Flentrop Orgelbouw and the company Nicholson started with a reconstruction of the situation of 1893, including mechanical action and a new console in style of the work of Cavaillé-Coll. The organ case will also be reconstructed to the original proportions. Consultant is William McVicker.

Données techniques
Nombre de registres par manuel
- Great14
- Choir10
- Swell12
- Solo11
- Echo5
- Pedal12
Nombre de jeux total64
Transmission des clésElectropneumatic
Transmission des jeuxElectropneumatic
Sommier(s)Cone chests

Composition
Great (C-c''''): Principal 16', Bourdon 16', Diapason no.1 8', Diapason no.2 8', Flute Harmonique 8', Bourdon 8', Gambe 8', Prestant 4', Quinte 2 2/3', Doublette 2', Plein-Jeu 5-7 ranks, Basson 16', Trompette 8', Clairon 4'.
Choir (C-c''''): Principal 8', Salicional 8', Unda Maris 8' (from c°), Cor de Nuit 8', Flute Douce 4', Octavin 2', Carillon 1-3 ranks, Trompette 8', Clarinette 8', Voix Humaine 8', Tremulant.
Swell (C-c''''): Bourdon 16', Diapason 8', Flute Harmonique 8', Viole de Gambe 8', Voix Celeste 8' (from c°), Prestant 4', Flute Octaviante 4', Plein-Jeu 3-5 ranks, Basson 16', Basson-Hautbois 8', Trompette 8', Clairon 4', Tremulant.
Solo (C-c''''): Diapason Stentor 8', Diapason 8', Flute Harmonique 8', Rohr Gedact 8', Flute Octave 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Musette 8', Grosse Clarinet 8', Tromba 8', Tuba 8', Tuba Clarion 4'.
Echo (C-c''''): Viole d'Orchestre 8', Echo Dulciana 8', Viole Celeste 8' (from c°), Philomel 8', Viole Cornet 5 ranks, Tremulant, Glockenspiel (from c°).
Pedal (C-f'): Soubasse 32', Great Bass 16', Contre Bass 16', Principal 16', Bourdon 16', Octave 8', Flute Bass 8', Bourdon 8', Flute 4', Contra Bombarde 32', Bombarde 16', Trompette 8'.
Accouplements: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Solo to Great, Swell to Choir, Solo to Choir, Solo to Swell, Echo to Swell, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Solo to Pedal, Echo to Pedal, Choir Octave, Choir Suboctave, Choir Unison Off, Swell Octave, Swell Suboctave, Swell Unison Off, Solo Octave, Solo Suboctave, Solo Unison Off, Echo Octave, Echo Suboctave, Echo Unison Off, Solo Expr to Swell.

Références
  • Cavaillé-Coll en Nederland : Een studie naar het werk van Cavaillé-Coll en diens invloed in Nederland in de periode 1875-1924 / René Verwer. - Alphen aan den Rijn : Canaletto Repro-Holland, 2009.
  • Uit de orgelwereld : Cavaillé-Coll-orgel Manchester Town Hall wordt gereconstrueerd / Gerco Schaap [red.]. - In: De Orgelvriend, jrg. 62 nr. 6, juli/augustus 2020.
Enregistrements In a classical mood / Nigel Ogden. - OS 207 (CD). - 1994.
Lièns http://organfoundation.org.uk/
http://www.nicholsonorgans.co.uk/pf/mth/
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