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Photo: John Salmon. Date: 4 September 2008.

Photo: John Salmon

Grasmere, United Kingdom (Cumbria) - Church of Saint Oswald
Municipal: Grasmere
Region:Lake District

Description nr.: 2024521.

Built by: James J. Binns & Co. (1923)

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1923 James J. Binns & Co.  new organ
1953 Wilkinson & Sons  restoration
ca. 1965 J.W. Walker & Sons  enlargement

In 1923 plaatste de firma Binns een nieuw orgel in de kerk van Saint Oswald in Grasmere. Het vorige orgel van de kerk plaatsten zij over naar de Baptist Church in Lancaster. In 1953 is het orgel gereviseerd door de firma Wilkinson. J.W. Walker & Sons breidde het in 1965 uit met enkele stemmen.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great Organ9
- Choir Organ6 (5)
- Swell Organ8
- Pedal Organ5
Total number of stops28 (27)
Key actionPneumatic
Stop actionPneumatic
Windchest(s)Cone chests

Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Bourdon 16', Large Open Diapason 8', Small Open Diapason 8', Hohl Flute 8', Principal 4', Flute Harmonic 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks (19.22.26), Tromba 8'.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Lieblich Gedact 8', Dulciana 8', Flauto Traverso 4', Flautina 2', Clarionet 8', Tromba 8' - from Great.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Geigen Diapason 8', Rohr Flute 8', Viol d'Orchestre 8', Vox Angelica 8', Salicet 4', Dulciana Mixture 2 ranks, Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Harmonic Bass 32', Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Octave Diapason 8', Bass Flute 8'.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Swell Octave to Great, Swell Suboctave to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Choir Octave, Choir Suboctave, Swell Octave, Swell Suboctave.

Recordings "There was a time..." : including romantic music from the age of Wordsworth / Andrew Seivewright. - Priory Records PRCD 656 (CD). - 1998. - Opgenomen in Grasmere en Rydal.

Photo: John Salmon. Date: 4 September 2008.
Photo: John Salmon