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Forfar, United Kingdom (Tayside) - Forfar East and Old Parish Church
Region:Fife
Description nr.: 2018862.
Built by: Forster & Andrews (1899)
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Double Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason I 8', Open Diapason II 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Gamba 8', Principal 4', Suabe Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Trumpet 8', Clarion 4'.
Choir Organ (C-a'''): Violin Diapason 8', Lieblich Gedacht 8', Dulciana 8', Flauto Traverso 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Flautino 2'.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Hohlflote 8', Salicional 8', Voix Celestes 8', Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Piccolo 2', Mixture 4 ranks, Contra Fagotto 16', Horn 8', Oboe 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Solo Organ (C-a'''): Harmonic Flute 8', Wald Flote 4', Orchestral Oboe 8', Corno di Bassetto 8', Tuba 8', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Double Open Diapason 32', Open Diapason 16', Violon 16' - from Great, Bourdon 16', Octave 8', Bass Flute 8', Choral Bass 4', Fifteenth 2', Trombone 16', Trumpet 8'.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Solo to Great, Swell to Choir, Solo to Swell, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
Forfar, United Kingdom (Tayside) - Forfar East and Old Parish Church
Region:Fife
Description nr.: 2018862.
Built by: Forster & Andrews (1899)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1899 | Forster & Andrews | new organ | 1983 | Mander Organs | restoration |
- In de kerk van Forfar staat een fraai orgel, gebouwd door Forster & Andrews in 1899. Het instrument is in 1983 door de firma Mander gerestaureerd.
- Thans (2012) verkeert het in slechte staat. Geld voor een restauratie is er niet.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 12 |
| - Choir Organ | 6 |
| - Swell Organ | 13 |
| - Solo Organ | 5 |
| - Pedal Organ | 10 (9) |
| Total number of stops | 46 (45) |
| Key action | Pneumatic |
| Stop action | Pneumatic |
| Windchest(s) | Cone chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Double Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason I 8', Open Diapason II 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Gamba 8', Principal 4', Suabe Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Trumpet 8', Clarion 4'.
Choir Organ (C-a'''): Violin Diapason 8', Lieblich Gedacht 8', Dulciana 8', Flauto Traverso 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Flautino 2'.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Hohlflote 8', Salicional 8', Voix Celestes 8', Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Piccolo 2', Mixture 4 ranks, Contra Fagotto 16', Horn 8', Oboe 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Solo Organ (C-a'''): Harmonic Flute 8', Wald Flote 4', Orchestral Oboe 8', Corno di Bassetto 8', Tuba 8', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Double Open Diapason 32', Open Diapason 16', Violon 16' - from Great, Bourdon 16', Octave 8', Bass Flute 8', Choral Bass 4', Fifteenth 2', Trombone 16', Trumpet 8'.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Solo to Great, Swell to Choir, Solo to Swell, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
| Literature |
Soundboard : A news coulmn about organs / John Norman. - In: Organists' Review, vol. 67 no. 2, May 1982. |