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Stockport, United Kingdom (Greater Manchester) - Church of Saint George
Municipal: Manchester
Address: 28 Buxton Road, SK2 6NU, Stockport
Website: http://www.stgeorgestockport.org.uk/
Description nr.: 2018631.
Built by: Forster & Andrews (1887)
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Octave 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Blockflute 2', Sesquialtera 2 ranks, Mixture 4 ranks, Posaune 8', Clarion 4'.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Lieblich Flute 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Flautino 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Larigot 1 1/3', Krummhorn 8', Tremulant, Tuba 8' - unenclosed.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Lieblich Gedackt 8', Salicional 8', Voix Celestes 8', Principal 4', Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Double Trumpet 16', Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Vox Humana 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Open Diapason 32', Open Diapason 16' - extension, Violone 16', Bourdon 16', Principal 8' - extension, Octave 8' - extension, Flute 8' - extension, Prestant 4' - extension, Octave Flute 4' - extension, Twentysecond 2' - extension, Mixture 3 ranks, Contra Trombone 32', Ophicleide 16' - extension, Trombone 16' - extension, Tuba 8' - van Choir, Trumpet 8', Clarion 4' - extension.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell Octave, Great Reed Sub Octave.
Stockport, United Kingdom (Greater Manchester) - Church of Saint George
Municipal: Manchester
Address: 28 Buxton Road, SK2 6NU, Stockport
Website: http://www.stgeorgestockport.org.uk/
Description nr.: 2018631.
Built by: Forster & Andrews (1887)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1887 | Forster & Andrews | new organ | 1935 | John Compton Organ Company | rebuild | 1981 | Rushworth & Dreaper | reconstruction |
- Het orgel in de kerk van Saint George in Stockport is in 1886-1887 gebouwd door de firma Forster & Andrews. Zij bouwden een drieklaviers orgel met 52 registers. Adviseur bij de bouw was John Naylor, Minsterorganist in York. De orgelkas werd ontworpen door dezelfde architecten als het kerkgebouw, Austin & Paley uit Lancaster.
- De firma Compton voerde in 1935 een verbouwing en uitbreiding uit. De pneumatische tractuur werd geëlectrificeerd en de dispositie werd uitgebreid tot 107 registers op vier manualen en pedaal.
- Een restauratie was eind jaren zeventig hard nodig. In 1980-1981 voerde de firma Rushworth & Dreaper deze uit. Uitgangspunt was grotendeels herstellen van de situatie van 1887. Op 12 mei 1981 werd het orgel weer in gebruik genomen met een concert door George Thalben-Ball.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 13 |
| - Choir Organ | 9 |
| - Swell Organ | 14 |
| - Pedal Organ | 17 (6) |
| Total number of stops | 53 (42) |
| Key action | Electropneumatic |
| Stop action | Electropneumatic |
| Windchest(s) | Cone chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Octave 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Blockflute 2', Sesquialtera 2 ranks, Mixture 4 ranks, Posaune 8', Clarion 4'.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Lieblich Flute 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Flautino 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Larigot 1 1/3', Krummhorn 8', Tremulant, Tuba 8' - unenclosed.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Lieblich Gedackt 8', Salicional 8', Voix Celestes 8', Principal 4', Flute 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Double Trumpet 16', Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Vox Humana 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Open Diapason 32', Open Diapason 16' - extension, Violone 16', Bourdon 16', Principal 8' - extension, Octave 8' - extension, Flute 8' - extension, Prestant 4' - extension, Octave Flute 4' - extension, Twentysecond 2' - extension, Mixture 3 ranks, Contra Trombone 32', Ophicleide 16' - extension, Trombone 16' - extension, Tuba 8' - van Choir, Trumpet 8', Clarion 4' - extension.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell Octave, Great Reed Sub Octave.
| Literature |
Soundboard : A news column about organs / John Norman. - In: Organists' Review, vol. 65 no. 3, August 1980. |