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Photo: Piet Bron
Salisbury, United Kingdom (Wiltshire) - Church of Saint Thomas Becket
Municipal: Salisbury
Address: 5 Saint Thomas's Square, SP1 1BA, Salisbury
Website: http://www.stthomassalisbury.co.uk/
Description nr.: 2029316.
Built by: Samuel Green (1792)
Short list of all locations the organ has been
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Dulciana 8' - 1792/1897, Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4' - 1897, Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Sesquialtera 3 ranks, Old Fourniture 3 ranks, Trumpet 8'.
Choir Organ (C-a'''): Rohr Flute 8' - 1792/1897, Viol di Gamba 8' - 1897, Principal 4', Flute 4', Block Flute 2' - 1969, Larigot 1 1/3' - 1969, Sesquialtera 2 ranks (12.17) (TC) - 1969.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Lieblich Bourdon 16' - 1897, Open Diapason 8', Rohr Gedact 8' - 1792/1897, Dulciana 8', Vox Angelica 8' - 1897, Principal 4' - 1792/1897, Flute Ouverte 4' - 1897/1969, Fifteenth 2' - 1792/1897, Cornet 3 ranks - 1792/1897, Double Bassoon 16' - 1792/1897, Cornopean 8', Hautboy 8', Cremona 4' - 1897/1969, Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Diapason 16' - 1877, Violone 16' - 1897, Bourdon 16' - 1897, Principal 8', Bass Flute 8' - 1897, Fifteenth 4' - extension, Flute 4' - extension, Twentysecond 2' - extension.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedals, Choir to Pedals, Swell to Pedals.
Photo: Piet Bron
Salisbury, United Kingdom (Wiltshire) - Church of Saint Thomas Becket
Municipal: Salisbury
Address: 5 Saint Thomas's Square, SP1 1BA, Salisbury
Website: http://www.stthomassalisbury.co.uk/
Description nr.: 2029316.
Built by: Samuel Green (1792)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1792 | Samuel Green | new organ | 1877 | William Hill & Sons | transfer/relocate | 1897 | Peter Conacher & Co. | enlargement | 1930 | Peter Conacher & Co. | restoration and enlargement | 1969 | Norman & Beard Hill | restoration |
- In 1792, Samuel Green built an organ for Salisbury Cathedral. The organ was donated to the cathedral by King George III. It was a classic English organ with three manuals, 25 stops and without a pedal. In 1877 it was transferred by the company Hill & Sons to the Church of Saint Thomas Becket, because of the construction of an entirely new organ in the cathedral in 1876. The organ was enlarged with an attached pedal board.
- In 1897 the organ was expanded by Peter Conacher. The current condition dates back to 1930, when the Conacher company carried out a restoration, in which the instrument was also modified and expanded. In 1969 the organ was restored by the firm Hill, Norman & Beard.
Short list of all locations the organ has been
| 1792 | Salisbury | Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| 1877 | Salisbury | Church of Saint Thomas Becket |
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 10 |
| - Choir Organ | 7 |
| - Swell Organ | 13 |
| - Pedal Organ | 8 (5) |
| Total number of stops | 38 (35) |
| Key action | Mechanical |
| Stop action | Mechanical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Dulciana 8' - 1792/1897, Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4' - 1897, Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Sesquialtera 3 ranks, Old Fourniture 3 ranks, Trumpet 8'.
Choir Organ (C-a'''): Rohr Flute 8' - 1792/1897, Viol di Gamba 8' - 1897, Principal 4', Flute 4', Block Flute 2' - 1969, Larigot 1 1/3' - 1969, Sesquialtera 2 ranks (12.17) (TC) - 1969.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Lieblich Bourdon 16' - 1897, Open Diapason 8', Rohr Gedact 8' - 1792/1897, Dulciana 8', Vox Angelica 8' - 1897, Principal 4' - 1792/1897, Flute Ouverte 4' - 1897/1969, Fifteenth 2' - 1792/1897, Cornet 3 ranks - 1792/1897, Double Bassoon 16' - 1792/1897, Cornopean 8', Hautboy 8', Cremona 4' - 1897/1969, Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Diapason 16' - 1877, Violone 16' - 1897, Bourdon 16' - 1897, Principal 8', Bass Flute 8' - 1897, Fifteenth 4' - extension, Flute 4' - extension, Twentysecond 2' - extension.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedals, Choir to Pedals, Swell to Pedals.
| Literature |
The instruments of Samuel Green / David C. Wickens. - Basingstroke : MacMillan Press, Music Division, 1987. |
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