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Wirksworth, United Kingdom (Derbyshire) - United Reformed Church
Municipal: Wirksworth
Address: Chapel Lane, DE4 4FB, Wirksworth

Description nr.: 2064626.

Built by: J.M. Grunwell (1877)

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1877 J.M. Grunwell  new organ
ca. 1990 T.W. Fearn  restoration

The organ in the United Reformed Church in Wirksworth was built in 1877 by J.M. Grunwell. About 1990, the instrument was restored by T.W. Fearn from Hammersmith. He installed a Twelfth on a spare slide of the chest.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Manual8
- Pedal1
Total number of stops9
Key actionMechanical
Stop actionMechanical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Manual (C-g'''):
Unenclosed: Open Diapason 8', Stop Diapason Bass 8'.
Enclosed: Stop Diapason Treble 8', Dulciana 8', Principal 4', Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3' - ca. 1990, Fifteenth 2', Oboe 8'.
Pedal (C-c'): Bourdon 16'.
Couplers: Pedal Coupler.

Literature Pipe Organs in Churches and Chapels of the Derbyshire Derwent and Ecclesbourne Valleys from Darley Abbey to Darley Dale / Rodney Tomkins. - Cromford : Scarthin Books, 1995.
Links https://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=D06309