Complete description of the selected organ
Source: Postcard
Cambridge, United Kingdom (Cambridgeshire) - Magdalene College Chapel
Municipal: Cambridge
Address: Magdalene Street, Cambridge
Website: http://www.magd.cam.ac.uk/
Description nr.: 2005695.
Built by: Alfred Hunter & Son (1927)
Demolished (2000)
In 1927 leverde de Hunter & Son een nieuw orgel voor Magdalene College Chapel. Het instrument had 23 stemmen, twee manualen en pedaal. In 1938/1939 is het uitgebreid door Willis. Norman Hall & Sons voerden in 1975 een restauratie uit. Het orgel is in 1999 afgebroken.
Technical data
Specification
Great (C-c''''): Violone 16', Open Diapason I 8', Open Diapason II 8', Dulciana 8', Wald Flöte 8', Octave 4' - 1949, Principal 4', Flute Couverte 4', Quartane 2 ranks (12.15).
Swell (C-c''''): Geigen 8', Lieblich Gedact 8', Echo Salicional 8', Vox Angelica 8', Viola 4' - 1949, Mixture 3 ranks (15.19.22) - 1949, Double Hautboy 16', Cornopean 8' - 1949, Tremolo.
Pedal (C-g'): Bourdon 16', Violone 16' - van Great, Echo Bass 16' - 1949, Cello 8' - van Great, Flute 8', Bassoon 16' - van Swell.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell Octave, Swell Suboctave, Swell Unison Off.
Source: Postcard
Cambridge, United Kingdom (Cambridgeshire) - Magdalene College Chapel
Municipal: Cambridge
Address: Magdalene Street, Cambridge
Website: http://www.magd.cam.ac.uk/
Description nr.: 2005695.
Built by: Alfred Hunter & Son (1927)
Demolished (2000)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1927 | Alfred Hunter & Son | new organ | 1939 | firma Henry Willis & Sons | restoration and enlargement | 1975 | Norman Hall | rebuild |
In 1927 leverde de Hunter & Son een nieuw orgel voor Magdalene College Chapel. Het instrument had 23 stemmen, twee manualen en pedaal. In 1938/1939 is het uitgebreid door Willis. Norman Hall & Sons voerden in 1975 een restauratie uit. Het orgel is in 1999 afgebroken.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great | 9 |
| - Swell | 8 |
| - Pedal | 6 (3) |
| Total number of stops | 23 (20) |
| Key action | Electropneumatic |
| Stop action | Electropneumatic |
| Windchest(s) | Cone chests |
Specification
Great (C-c''''): Violone 16', Open Diapason I 8', Open Diapason II 8', Dulciana 8', Wald Flöte 8', Octave 4' - 1949, Principal 4', Flute Couverte 4', Quartane 2 ranks (12.15).
Swell (C-c''''): Geigen 8', Lieblich Gedact 8', Echo Salicional 8', Vox Angelica 8', Viola 4' - 1949, Mixture 3 ranks (15.19.22) - 1949, Double Hautboy 16', Cornopean 8' - 1949, Tremolo.
Pedal (C-g'): Bourdon 16', Violone 16' - van Great, Echo Bass 16' - 1949, Cello 8' - van Great, Flute 8', Bassoon 16' - van Swell.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell Octave, Swell Suboctave, Swell Unison Off.
| Literature |
The organs of Cambridge : An illustrated guide to the organs of the University and City of Cambridge / Nicholas Thistlethwaite. - Oxford : Positif Press, 2008. |
 - magdalene college chapel.jpg "Photo: Jörg R. Becker.") |