Complete description of the selected organ
Stowe, United Kingdom (Buckinghamshire) - Stowe School Chapel
Website: http://www.stowe.co.uk/
Description nr.: 2018853.
Built by: Rushworth & Dreaper (1929)
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Contra Geigen 16', Open Diapason I 8', Open Diapason II 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Claribel Flute 8', Principal 4', Melodia 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Quint Mixture 4 ranks, Trumpet 8', Clarion 4'.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Contra Dulciana 16', Orchestral Flute 8', Viole 8', Dulciana 8', Unda Maris 8', Fugara 4', Flute Bouchee Harmonique 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Zauber Piccolo 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Larigot 1 1/3', Clarinet 8', Orchestral Oboe 8', Tremulant, Trumpet 8', Clarion 4', Tuba Mirabilis 8', Tuba Clarion 4'.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Violin Diapason 8', Cor de Nuit 8', Aeoline 8', Vox Angelica 8', Gemshorn 4', Fifteenth 2', Harmonics 3 ranks, Oboe 8', Double Trumpet 16', Trumpet 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Solo Organ (C-c''''): Orchestral Oboe 8', Tuba 8', Tuba Clarion 4'.
Nave Organ (C-c''''):
Nave Manual: Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Octave Flute 4', Super Octave 2', Mixture 2 ranks.
Nave Pedal: Bourdon 16', Bass Flute 8'.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Double Open Diapason 32', Open Wood 16', Geigen 16', Bourdon 16', Contra Dulciana 16', Bass Quint 10 2/3', Octave Wood 8', Bass Flute 8', Quint 5 1/3', Choral Bass 4', Flute 4', Octave Flute 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Trombone 16', Double Trumpet 16', Posaune 8', Trumpet 8', Clarion 4'.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Solo to Great, Swell to Choir, Solo to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Solo to Pedal, Choir Octave to Great, Choir Sub Octave to Great, Swell Octave to Great, Swell Suboctave to Great, Swell Octave to Choir, Swell Sub Octave to Choir, Choir Octave to Pedal, Swell Octave to Pedal, Swell Octave, Swell Suboctave, Swell Unison Off.
Stowe, United Kingdom (Buckinghamshire) - Stowe School Chapel
Website: http://www.stowe.co.uk/
Description nr.: 2018853.
Built by: Rushworth & Dreaper (1929)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1929 | Rushworth & Dreaper | new organ | 1961 | Alfred E. Davies & Son | rebuild | 1982 | Rushworth & Dreaper | restoration | 2003 | J.R. Cousans & Sons | restoration and enlargement |
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 12 |
| - Choir Organ | 17 |
| - Swell Organ | 11 |
| - Solo Organ | 3 |
| - Nave Organ | 9 |
| - Pedal Organ | 18 |
| Total number of stops | 70 |
| Key action | Electropneumatic |
| Stop action | Electropneumatic |
| Windchest(s) | Cone chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Contra Geigen 16', Open Diapason I 8', Open Diapason II 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Claribel Flute 8', Principal 4', Melodia 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Quint Mixture 4 ranks, Trumpet 8', Clarion 4'.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Contra Dulciana 16', Orchestral Flute 8', Viole 8', Dulciana 8', Unda Maris 8', Fugara 4', Flute Bouchee Harmonique 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Zauber Piccolo 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Larigot 1 1/3', Clarinet 8', Orchestral Oboe 8', Tremulant, Trumpet 8', Clarion 4', Tuba Mirabilis 8', Tuba Clarion 4'.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Violin Diapason 8', Cor de Nuit 8', Aeoline 8', Vox Angelica 8', Gemshorn 4', Fifteenth 2', Harmonics 3 ranks, Oboe 8', Double Trumpet 16', Trumpet 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Solo Organ (C-c''''): Orchestral Oboe 8', Tuba 8', Tuba Clarion 4'.
Nave Organ (C-c''''):
Nave Manual: Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Octave Flute 4', Super Octave 2', Mixture 2 ranks.
Nave Pedal: Bourdon 16', Bass Flute 8'.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Double Open Diapason 32', Open Wood 16', Geigen 16', Bourdon 16', Contra Dulciana 16', Bass Quint 10 2/3', Octave Wood 8', Bass Flute 8', Quint 5 1/3', Choral Bass 4', Flute 4', Octave Flute 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Trombone 16', Double Trumpet 16', Posaune 8', Trumpet 8', Clarion 4'.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Solo to Great, Swell to Choir, Solo to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Solo to Pedal, Choir Octave to Great, Choir Sub Octave to Great, Swell Octave to Great, Swell Suboctave to Great, Swell Octave to Choir, Swell Sub Octave to Choir, Choir Octave to Pedal, Swell Octave to Pedal, Swell Octave, Swell Suboctave, Swell Unison Off.
| Literature |
Soundboard : A news column about organs / John Norman. - In: Organists' Review, vol. 67 no. 1, February 1982. |