Complete description of the selected organ
Photo: Piet Bron
Oxford, United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) - Town Hall
Municipal: Oxford
Address: Saint Aldates Street, Oxford
Description nr.: 2005022.
Built by: firma Henry Willis & Sons (1897)
Onder advies van John Stainer bouwde de firma Willis in 1896-1897 een vierklaviers concertorgel voor de grote zaal van de Town Hall in Oxford. De architect van de Town Hall, H.T. Hare, ontwierp ook de orgelkas. John Stainer gaf het inauguratieconcert. Het orgel is nooit gewijzigd. In de jaren 1983 tot 1993 is het door Peter Wood in verschillende fases gerestaureerd.
Technical data
Specification
Great (C-a'''): Double Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason no.1 8', Open Diapason no.2 8', Clarabella 8', Principal 4', Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Sesquialtera 2 ranks, Trumpet 8'.
Choir (C-a'''): Viola de Gamba 8', Dulciana 8', Clarabella 8', Concert Flute 4', Piccolo 2', Cremona 8'.
Swell (C-a'''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Salicional 8', Voix Celeste 8' (TC), Principal 4', Piccolo 2', Trombone 16', Oboe 8', Cornopean 8', Vox Humana 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant, Tremulant Vox Humana.
Solo (C-a'''): Harmonic Flute 8', Orchestral Oboe 8', Tromba 8'.
Pedal (C-f'): Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Violoncello 8', Ophicleide 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Solo to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Solo to Pedal.
Accessories: 4 composition pedals to Great and Pedal, 4 composition pedals to Swell.
Photo: Piet Bron
Oxford, United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) - Town Hall
Municipal: Oxford
Address: Saint Aldates Street, Oxford
Description nr.: 2005022.
Built by: firma Henry Willis & Sons (1897)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1897 | firma Henry Willis & Sons | new organ | 1993 | Peter Wood | restoration |
Onder advies van John Stainer bouwde de firma Willis in 1896-1897 een vierklaviers concertorgel voor de grote zaal van de Town Hall in Oxford. De architect van de Town Hall, H.T. Hare, ontwierp ook de orgelkas. John Stainer gaf het inauguratieconcert. Het orgel is nooit gewijzigd. In de jaren 1983 tot 1993 is het door Peter Wood in verschillende fases gerestaureerd.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great | 10 |
| - Choir | 6 |
| - Swell | 12 |
| - Solo | 3 |
| - Pedal | 4 |
| Total number of stops | 35 |
| Key action | Electropneumatic |
| Stop action | Electropneumatic |
| Windchest(s) | Cone chests |
Specification
Great (C-a'''): Double Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason no.1 8', Open Diapason no.2 8', Clarabella 8', Principal 4', Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Sesquialtera 2 ranks, Trumpet 8'.
Choir (C-a'''): Viola de Gamba 8', Dulciana 8', Clarabella 8', Concert Flute 4', Piccolo 2', Cremona 8'.
Swell (C-a'''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Salicional 8', Voix Celeste 8' (TC), Principal 4', Piccolo 2', Trombone 16', Oboe 8', Cornopean 8', Vox Humana 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant, Tremulant Vox Humana.
Solo (C-a'''): Harmonic Flute 8', Orchestral Oboe 8', Tromba 8'.
Pedal (C-f'): Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Violoncello 8', Ophicleide 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Solo to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Solo to Pedal.
Accessories: 4 composition pedals to Great and Pedal, 4 composition pedals to Swell.
| Literature |
The organs of Oxford / Robert Pacey, Michael Popkin. - Oxford : Positif Press, 1997. |
| Recordings |
The Organs of Oxford Vol. II / Stephen Darlington, Peter Ward Jones, David Trendell, David Swindon. - OxRecs OXCD-42 (CD). - 1991. - Recorded in Christ Church Cathedral, Holywell Music Room, Univeristy and City Church and Town Hall in Oxford. |