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Cambridge, United Kingdom (Cambridgeshire) - Church of Saint Edward, King and Martyr
Municipal: Cambridge
Address: Saint Edward's Passage, Cambridge
Website: http://www.st-edwards-cam.org.uk/

Description nr.: 2005730.

Built by: George Maydwell Holdich (1875)
Demolished (1899)

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1859 Builder unknown  new organ
1875 George Maydwell Holdich  rebuild

In 1875 herbouwde George Holdich het orgel van Saint Edward's Church in Cambridge. Dit orgel was in 1859 aangeschaft, maar het is niet bekend wie de bouwer was. In 1899 is het orgel afgebroken en vervangen door een nieuw instrument van Bedwell & Sons.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great8
- Swell6
- Pedal1
Total number of stops15
Key actionMechanical
Stop actionMechanical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Great (C-g'''): Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8' (C-B), Clarabella 8' (TC), Gamba 8' (TC), Dulciana 8' (TC), Octave 4', Wald Flute 4', Super Octave 2', Sesquialtera 1 1/2'.
Swell (C-g'''): Open Diapason 8' (TC), Open Diapason Bass 8' (C-B), Hohl Flute 8' (TC), Stopped Diapason Bass 8' (C-B), Principal 4', Fifteenth 2', Cornopean 8', Hautboy 8'.
Pedal (C-e'): Pedal Pipes 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell Suboctave, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.

Literature The organs of Cambridge : An illustrated guide to the organs of the University and City of Cambridge / Nicholas Thistlethwaite. - Oxford : Positif Press, 2008.