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Luton, United Kingdom (Bedfordshire) - Hightown Methodist Church
Municipal: Luton
Address: 49 High Town Road, LU2 0BW, Luton
Website: http://www.hightownmethodist.org/
Description nr.: 2059758.
Built by: Wilkinson & Sons (1865)
Voor de kerk van Saint Thomas in Kendal bouwde de firma Wilkinson rond 1865 een orgel. Dit instrument werd in 1898 vervangen door een nieuw orgel van Harrison & Harrison. Deze firma plaatste het oude orgel over naar de Hightown Methodist Church in Luton. In 1928 is aan het orgel gewerkt door de firma Gray & Davison.
Short list of all locations the organ has been
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-g'''): Double Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Clarabella 8', Hohlflote 8', Dulciana 8', Gamba 8', Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Trumpet 8', Clarionet 8'.
Swell Organ (C-g'''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Lieblich Gedackt 8', Salicional 8', Voix Celeste 8', Principal 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Horn 8', Oboe 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Principal 8' - extension, Flute 8' - extension.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
Luton, United Kingdom (Bedfordshire) - Hightown Methodist Church
Municipal: Luton
Address: 49 High Town Road, LU2 0BW, Luton
Website: http://www.hightownmethodist.org/
Description nr.: 2059758.
Built by: Wilkinson & Sons (1865)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1865 | Wilkinson & Sons | new organ | 1881 | Wilkinson & Sons | enlargement | 1898 | Harrison & Harrison | transfer/relocate | 1928 | Gray & Davison | maintenance/reparations |
Voor de kerk van Saint Thomas in Kendal bouwde de firma Wilkinson rond 1865 een orgel. Dit instrument werd in 1898 vervangen door een nieuw orgel van Harrison & Harrison. Deze firma plaatste het oude orgel over naar de Hightown Methodist Church in Luton. In 1928 is aan het orgel gewerkt door de firma Gray & Davison.
Short list of all locations the organ has been
| 1865 | Kendal | Church of Saint Thomas |
| 1898 | Luton | Hightown Methodist Church |
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 13 |
| - Swell Organ | 11 |
| - Pedal Organ | 4 (2) |
| Total number of stops | 28 (26) |
| Key action | Mechanical, Pneumatisch (Pedal) |
| Stop action | Mechanical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-g'''): Double Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Clarabella 8', Hohlflote 8', Dulciana 8', Gamba 8', Principal 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Trumpet 8', Clarionet 8'.
Swell Organ (C-g'''): Bourdon 16', Open Diapason 8', Lieblich Gedackt 8', Salicional 8', Voix Celeste 8', Principal 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Horn 8', Oboe 8', Clarion 4', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Principal 8' - extension, Flute 8' - extension.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
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