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Zürich, Die Schweiz / La Suisse (Zürich) - Predigerkirche (Niederdorf), Choir Organ
Municipal: Zürich
Address: Predigerplatz 1, 8001, Zürich
Website: http://www.predigerkirche.ch/

Description nr.: 2049637.

Built by: James Conacher (1886)

Year	Builder	Opus	Activity
1886	James Conacher		new organ
2015	Jens Steinhoff		transfer/relocate

In 1886 James Conacher installed a new organ in the Methodist Church on Huddersfield Road in Ingbirchworth. The instrument has been preserved without modifications. The action is mechanical, but the pedal has a pneumatic transmission.
The church was closed in 2012. The organ has been sold and was transferred to the Predigerkirche in Zurich in 2015. It has been restored by Jens Steinhoff and the organ case has been adapted to the new situation. The organ was put into use on Whit Monday, May 24, 2015.

Short list of all locations the organ has been

1886	Ingbirchworth	Methodist Church
2015	Zürich	Predigerkirche (Niederdorf), Choir Organ

Technical data

Number of stops per division
- Great Organ	4
- Swell Organ	5
- Pedal Organ	1
Total number of stops	10
Key action	Mechanical, Pneumatisch (Pedal Organ)
Stop action	Mechanical
Windchest(s)	Slider chests

Specification
Great Organ (C-g'''): Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason & Clarabella 8', Dulciana 8', Flute Harmonic 4'.
Swell Organ (C-g'''): Violin Diapason 8', Rohr Flute 8', Salicional 8', Principal 4', Oboe 8'.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Bourdon 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.

Links

http://www.orgelbau-steinhoff.com/D/html/1_48.html